new lawn

im new to this but need advice! weve just moved into a new house and the lawn which 240sqm was in a mess. it had fern which we killed and have just had a digger into level it. weve just set about raking the stone and old roots out to get it prepared for sowing grass seed but there is a silly amount of stone in there. does anyone knmow if there is a machine out there which could help rake the stone out or any other way to ghet it done easier would be a massive help!!! thanks

 

Hi Damien
I go with John .. I would remove the largest of the stones (again what sizes are we talking) and rubbish ..You can take your time over this task as you cannot sow till the spring when ground is warmer ..Another alternative if still to stoney would be to import a few inches of good topsoil and use this to prepare your seed bed .

dave

 

:thmb:thank you both for your replies. :thmb:there is a variety of different sized stones. and we are slowly getting throught it. it is just frustrating when you think youve cleared a patch then more appear. and fern roots! well ive never seen anything like it! ive priced up turfing and its very expensive for the size garden ive got. and to get a good quality top soil again is quite expensive.0)

 

Just work at it steady Damien and visulise the finished job, be sure to remove the fern roots as they will be a problem in the future ..
Happy gardening

Dave :gnthb:

 

hi there. i havent been on in a while as have been busy removing the massive amount of fern roots but have started to work on the garden itself now but i am now finding alot or roots that are small roots but are in big clumps! what are they? will a rotovator help churn them up without having to sift through the whole garden for these and get rid of them.

 

hi there. i havent been on in a while as have been busy removing the massive amount of fern roots but have started to work on the garden itself now but i am now finding alot or roots that are small roots but are in big clumps! what are they? will a rotovator help churn them up without having to sift through the whole garden for these and get rid of them.