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We need to do a quick fix on our garden. Ideally we want to take the quickest and cheapest option, doing the work ourselves if possible. Basically the tenant has destroyed everything there was in the garden and it's now a patch of bare scrub land, mostly dry, with a bit of grass.

What should we do?

Turfing it would be an expensive option but we're prepared to do it if necessary. Would we need to buy top soil or sand to level the land before turfing?

Might we be better to get a rotavator and churn up all the hard, dried, ground, put down some top soil and plant grass seeds.

We're selling the house so the main objective is just to make the garden presentable as quickly and cheaply as possible. Does anyone have any ideas, please?

I remember it as I saw it first, and also as I left it. But I can't visualise it now.

As I recall, any heavy duty machinery is out of the question, as the only access is through the house. So forget rotovators.

Given the circumstances, you should perhaps consider finding a cowboy who'll lay turf over anything, without cutlivating.

It will live for a month or so, at this time of year.

Not something I would ever do, nor condone.

Want a cosmetic fix? Buy turf, lay it over anything, arrange to have it watered daily.

Don't even think about re-seeding. You won't have decent grass until next May.

Mike

PS I didn't say this, and I'll deny it till the coos come hame!