Hi,
Our house is in a forest clearing in the highlands upon glacial till- ie lots and lots of boulders and gravel with patches of sand. Remnants of the ice age!
The garden is just a mammoth task we have no soil whatsoever as it's just forest detritus in places, stumps and more gravel. One side of the house we want to have grass on and I've calculated the area out at 175m sq. Is 100mm thick soil ok for this to be seeded? I found a site that says loose soil is 1.25t, compacted is 1.7t per cubic metre so on the compacted basis we would be looking at 30 tonnes. The local quarry does soil delivered at £14 a tonne plus vat and given our restricted access 2 loads at 17t would be just under £600 and allow a bit of extra.
What would 100mm loose compact down to? Is it enough? We won't get a perfect lawn I'm sure and I doubt the "local" soil will be nutrient rich but the stuff on the net at £80+ per tonne bag is out of the question!
Our house is in a forest clearing in the highlands upon glacial till- ie lots and lots of boulders and gravel with patches of sand. Remnants of the ice age!
The garden is just a mammoth task we have no soil whatsoever as it's just forest detritus in places, stumps and more gravel. One side of the house we want to have grass on and I've calculated the area out at 175m sq. Is 100mm thick soil ok for this to be seeded? I found a site that says loose soil is 1.25t, compacted is 1.7t per cubic metre so on the compacted basis we would be looking at 30 tonnes. The local quarry does soil delivered at £14 a tonne plus vat and given our restricted access 2 loads at 17t would be just under £600 and allow a bit of extra.
What would 100mm loose compact down to? Is it enough? We won't get a perfect lawn I'm sure and I doubt the "local" soil will be nutrient rich but the stuff on the net at £80+ per tonne bag is out of the question!