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what to do with a new garden

  • 09-12-2003 4:24pm
    #1
    GlennaMaddy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 851 ✭✭✭


    I've just moved into a newly built house, the developers left the garden in a right mess of blocks, bricks, cement etc mixed into the soil. Should I just bring in topsoil on top of the mess or should I try clean out the rubbish first.
    Cleaning out the rubbish will mean picking up the surface stuff, digging with a fork for the sub-surface stuff and then rotavating the compacted soil (whih may mean removing more rubbish).
    Top soil is available nearby.


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  • #2
    joseph brand
    Registered Users Posts: 4,537 ✭✭✭joseph brand


    Plant turf now.

    You will get a 'great' crop come spring.

    Paddy Mc Hegartys fully Irish owned garden centre, off Seamus St is doing some 'hot steamy' deals on all brands of turf seed, Hurrrrry!!


  • #3
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,490 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Try to get the builder to remove the concrete blocks etc. - were there concrete blocks in the show house garden?

    You need to think ahead 2-5 years as to what you want the garden to do. If it is a tiny garden, then it might be worthwhile **not** putting down grass and oding paving / gravel etc. very low maintainence, add shrubs and climbers around the edges, although that isn't very child friendly.

    Be careful with bringing in topsoil that your garden doesn't end up too high and draining onto the path / into your kitchen.


  • #4
    RoscommonTom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 918 ✭✭✭RoscommonTom


    get rid of all the rubbish and get a rotevator in and seed her, it will take about four weeks but shell be ready for the summer


  • #5
    slinky2000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,286 ✭✭✭slinky2000


    Wow talk about a zombie thread. This must be a new record? Bringing up an 11yr old thread?


  • #6
    arthur daly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 477 ✭✭arthur daly


    If you can rake it out level I wouldnt bother taking any of the rubble unless you want to plant veg,even if you have to get I'm a bit of topsoil to skim over the top.


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  • #7
    arthur daly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 477 ✭✭arthur daly


    If you can rake it out level I wouldnt bother taking any of the rubble unless you want to plant veg,even if you have to get I'm a bit of topsoil to skim over the top.


  • #8
    RoscommonTom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 918 ✭✭✭RoscommonTom


    you might end up clipping the rubble with the rotovator though and making a Hanes of it, best way is to pick all the stones and rubble, throw down some round up to kill off the weeds and old grass, rotovate and then seed her


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