Hello
I’m after some advice, tips (and probably some reassurance!) regarding the bog I am currently left with half way through preparing the soil for our new grass turf.
Half way through digging up the old grass and soil, the weather turned and we’ve had almost torrential rain off and on the last few days. We are left with large areas that are just waterlogged where the mini digger has been and made the soil underneath compacted. If it hadn’t of rained so much, we planned on raking and levelling out but the weather put a stop to this as the ground became too wet to work with. To the right of the garden, the ground is fine (as the digger didn’t go there so no compacted soil!).
Obviously there is nothing we can do right now with the ground being so waterlogged and the project will be delayed until the weather turns and the water eventually goes.
My concern is that the ground is obviously compacted and so flooded that it’ll be hard to even turn the soil over with time.
I’m not sure exactly what advice I’m after here but possibly reassurance and tips as to if this will all eventually dry out enough to work with and once it does, how to fully clear the compacted soil (we no longer have the digger).
The overall plan for the project was to dig up the old grass, level out and lay new turf. Prior to this, we had a gradual sloping garden which we wanted to level to run flush with the patio.
Any advice welcome!
Thank you so much in advance
I’m after some advice, tips (and probably some reassurance!) regarding the bog I am currently left with half way through preparing the soil for our new grass turf.
Half way through digging up the old grass and soil, the weather turned and we’ve had almost torrential rain off and on the last few days. We are left with large areas that are just waterlogged where the mini digger has been and made the soil underneath compacted. If it hadn’t of rained so much, we planned on raking and levelling out but the weather put a stop to this as the ground became too wet to work with. To the right of the garden, the ground is fine (as the digger didn’t go there so no compacted soil!).
Obviously there is nothing we can do right now with the ground being so waterlogged and the project will be delayed until the weather turns and the water eventually goes.
My concern is that the ground is obviously compacted and so flooded that it’ll be hard to even turn the soil over with time.
I’m not sure exactly what advice I’m after here but possibly reassurance and tips as to if this will all eventually dry out enough to work with and once it does, how to fully clear the compacted soil (we no longer have the digger).
The overall plan for the project was to dig up the old grass, level out and lay new turf. Prior to this, we had a gradual sloping garden which we wanted to level to run flush with the patio.
Any advice welcome!
Thank you so much in advance