Landscaping in winter - mud everywhere solution?

noah1234

Hi Everyone,

It seems like I started a landscaping project at the very wrong time.

I had an uneven garden and I hired a digger to level it.

I wanted to either tarmac it, put gravel down or do block paving so I can drive my car in if I decide to do.

But once I had finished levelling the ground, it turned into a swamp! My foot goes 10 cm down in a near liquid mud wherever I step. It is quiet a big space and I use it regularly because there is a shed there.

Is there anything I can do now? Or do I have to wait until its fully dry?

Thank you for reading.

TELLIT01

If you want to use it as hardstanding for a car it will need to have a hardcore base anyway. Getting that laid and compacted now will at least reduce the mud problem.

getmore4less

Have you checked your plans will be SuDS compliant?

What sub-base were you planning?

noah1234

I'm thinking of using cotswold chippings stone and compact it for a while until I am able to prepare it better for tarmac.

But I'm wondering if its a good idea to put this kind of gravel down on soft mud.

TELLIT01

When the ground is as soft as you describe, any base layer will go in deeper than it would if the ground was firm. If you want to use that area now you really don't have much choice.

Davesnave

TELLIT01 wrote: »

When the ground is as soft as you describe, any base layer will go in deeper than it would if the ground was firm. If you want to use that area now you really don't have much choice.

However, Cotswold chippings will be more expensive than the appropriate sub-base material supplied by local builders' merchants, so you can gain some economy there.