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Trixsie1989
Trixsie1989 Posts: 489 Forumite
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Hi Everyone,

We are beginning our garden makeover and I'm looking for some advice. At the minute we have no turf/grass whatsoever as the garden was 50% patio and 50% gravel. Everything has been laid on liners so hopefully it will be easy enough to get the waste up and out.

Once the liners etc are up am I right in thinking I would need to lay topsoil down and then turf? Or would the soil that's underneath everything at the moment be ok to lay turf onto?

Thanks!
Debt free finally :j
First house purchase ... 2018 :j

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  • Davesnave
    Davesnave Posts: 34,741 Forumite
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    Nobody can tell you because none of us has seen your soil.


    If it was my soil, It would be fine to take turf, but not until I'd dug and raked it over, because it would be compacted. With the weather as it is, I'd look to do that in May.


    If it was the soil in my garden from10 years ago, it would never be much good without importing new and mixing it in. That's what I did to an area that was covered with geofabric, before I turfed it prior to to selling the house.
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