Time for Turf!

So, with the house almost finished and the weather getting better (for about 2 days!) attention has been turned to the much neglected garden.

Before

We decided to turf some of the patio. We found an ad for some free topsoil on ebay and went picked up 2x the bag you can see in the picture, so around a tonne. I ehem.... supervised while Sid shoveled into the bags in the trailer and then back out again once we were back home. Two journeys later and we had enough. 

Matt and Jeff kindly offered (were bribed with beer and BBQ with home made burgers) to come and help for a day. They were AMAZING. They both worked extremely hard and fun was even had. Thanks guys!

I gave the bush a trim!

Taking up the slabs

 So first, the boys took up the paving slabs, and broke up the sand and cement mix that was underneath, then took out all the pink slabs and replaced with the yellow, dug in the top soil and leveled it, rolled out the turf and ta da!! a lawn! I make it sound much easier than it was, but the boys worked really hard and it got finished in a day. Luckily, it then rained for a week and we now have a beautiful lawn. Now we just need a little summer.....

Working hard!

The string made them feel like professionals. 

First bit of turf goes down...

Ta Da!!!