here we are again lol its been some time but curtesy of some much improved weather and an upgrade in painkillers i have managed to plough on.
almost literally as the only way to remove the grass was to dig out huge clumps, so now i have the countys largest compost heap layer upon layer with plenty of garrotta between layers and a regular watering i reckon 8-10 weeks to break it down. so the grass is gone and the bottom 3m of the garden now has weedproof membrane down and bark chippings are in the process of being spread out. a new square raised bed has taken up the bottom corner and should be full of compost and manure later today.
then its going to be the slow job of getting the top half smoothed over to take the grid for the gravel. and build the remaining 3 raised beds.
anyway still a long way to go but heres some pics.
before
