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Advice Needed: Raising my Garden
Hi Guys,
I have quite a large garden (for me anyway) which is about 8Mtrs by 5Mtrs. Its mainly grass except one side where there is white gravel and pots..... The big problem is that the garden dips really badly and the middle of the garden is about 20 Inches lower than the edges, the grass slopes down sharply at each side (the kids love rolling down it). This causes two problems, firstly, the grass gets very water logged in Winter and there is tree roots coming up through the grass in the middle. My aim is to level it off completely so that its one standard level. I would then like to slab one half and leave one half grass for the kids swing etc. What is the best way of doing this. I am not a gardener and dont relish the work involved (I get bored gardening very quickly, about the time it takes to mow the grass Would I be better filling it with Pete/Clay or should I use something else like Gravel or builders rubble. If so, the garden is in the back and you get to it by a small alleyway about a meter in width (enough for a wheelbarrow). So my question is, What do I need, Where do I get the stuff from, what would a likely cost be and is there really no option but to wheelbarrow the stuff from the road at the front to back.... I realise there will probably need to be lots of it. Thanks for any help or advice. Craig |
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Advice Needed: Raising my Garden
kingspod wrote:
Hi Guys, I have quite a large garden (for me anyway) which is about 8Mtrs by 5Mtrs. Its mainly grass except one side where there is white gravel and pots..... The big problem is that the garden dips really badly and the middle of the garden is about 20 Inches lower than the edges, the grass slopes down sharply at each side (the kids love rolling down it). This causes two problems, firstly, the grass gets very water logged in Winter and there is tree roots coming up through the grass in the middle. My aim is to level it off completely so that its one standard level. I would then like to slab one half and leave one half grass for the kids swing etc. What is the best way of doing this. I am not a gardener and dont relish the work involved (I get bored gardening very quickly, about the time it takes to mow the grass Would I be better filling it with Pete/Clay or should I use something else like Gravel or builders rubble. If so, the garden is in the back and you get to it by a small alleyway about a meter in width (enough for a wheelbarrow). So my question is, What do I need, Where do I get the stuff from, what would a likely cost be and is there really no option but to wheelbarrow the stuff from the road at the front to back.... I realise there will probably need to be lots of it. Thanks for any help or advice. Craig If you're near the east of Birmingham, UK you're welcome to some of mine. I'm lowering it by stripping topsoil, stripping out whatever I find below that, then putting the topsoil back in. If you can get your hands on a trailer I've got a car with a towbar. There probably wouldn't be enough to finish your job but it would be a step in the right direction. |
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