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Hire a small digger you could whip that turf off in little to no time at all. If the whole thing is to be turned into a bed then you can loosen the soil for a rotovator as well.
Spray with Roundup, hire a small turf cutter(price difference will be minimal), which will cope with most of the area, skim the awkward bits with a turf lifter or spade.
Alternatively, you could strim down to nothing, hire a rotavator to take the top off, then rotavate the ground ready for planting - but knowing this type of site, the ground will be awful and need digging.
'hot hard work' it's what we do! ;-)
Thanks for advice, I'll look into hiring a small digger or turf lifter, any specific brands to recommend, considering the size, restriction and slope? I thought the slope and fence may cause trouble but encouraged by 'whip that turf off in no time..and the rain.
occhhhhhhh! a couple of fit lads would have that lifted by hand in a couple of hours!! a turf cutting machine would be a pig to control on a 40 deg slope!
as suggested above, I'd cut short, glypho it, and rotovate - why remove the most fertile soil and all that organic matter? The camon c8 will do the job and should just about be controllable on the slope, just steer clear of the fences and handrails.
Thanks again, I've found a turf cutter for hire nearby so will take a look and assess it's manoeuvrability on slope. I am planning to use some of the cut turf for a turf wall so it won't be wasted.
The offer of free delivery and collection has probably made it cheaper than hiring 'a couple of fit lads' for a day :-)
michelle duxbury said: