Growing grass help please

Hi everyone, im just wondering if i could please ask for some advice, earlier this year a section of our garden got taken over by moss to such an extent i had to dig it out and apply grass seed to return it to its original state, i managed this fine and it gave me the idea & half confidence to attempt to increase the amount of grass space available in the garden due to having small children and the original layout wasnt the most practical layout for children,

So i have removed all the bushes and will be pulling up paving slabs to the left (images attached) and top of the garden and have one large square of grass (will add hanging baskets or something at a later date so its not completely plain)


My question is this evening i have started digging down on the left of the garden all the old soil (left over bush root branches) to around 10-15cm, am i right in doing this or is this over kill? I am under the impression i need to do this and then add in top soil after before seeding. Just a little worried im digging too deep i can still see some very small root branches from what used to be there but its pretty tricky trying to get them all out,

I would use turf and make life a lot easier but i think it maybe a little out my diy skills and trying to get it level with the current grass seems to be more of a headache then just new soil / seeds im happy to water / wait for growth the time isnt a problem.


Thank you

 

Hi @Stephen Lawes to GC and nice to have you with us plus also adding the pic's which helps members when giving advice

Do you intend to slab where you've dug out?

 

Hi gail thank you for your kind message,

No no slabbing at all its just going to be grass (even where the slabs currently are next to the hole i’ve dug) just havent pulled the slabs up until i need too,

Thank you

 

Your welcome Stephen...where we had grass it's now gravel but my hubby mate, made sure rootings was out the ground the best he could shifted any mess there, then levelled it with a rake and then a stump and started laying the grass...nothing was added to our dirt to kick the grass off once he layed it, he did hit the joining's with a flat stump he made...as you can see by the link below.

Preparation of laying Turf