We finally bought our first house at the end of December 2015, and I have been doing a lot of DIY in the house.
Now it is time to do something outside the house as well, and in particular in the garden.
We have decided to buy a shed, as the house has no garage and we need space for the lawnmower that we have to buy soon as the grass is starting to grow, space for my tools, barbeque and bikes that we want to buy a little bit later.
In short, without the shed, we can't really buy anything...
So, based on some threads on here, I went on tigersheds and decided on an 8x6 pent shiplap shed. I went to B&Q yesterday and found the exact same style of spabs that our patio is made from, in 400mm x 400mm size. I have decided to go for 6x7 slabs to give me some space around the shed as well.
This morning I went out and started measuring the 2.8m x 2.4m area for me to remove the grass and lay down a mix of concrete and sand (as per online research).
My god...the soil is SO wet at that part of the garden... The soil was very wet everywhere especially in December and January, but started to dry off so we could step on it, but I had never gone in the corner were the shed will be put on.
As a result after an hour of effort I have managed to take out four full shovels worth of grass and soil...plus the edges have dissapeared as by stepping on the grass outside the marked area the soil on the edges has been pushed into the marked area and the whole thing looks like a mess.
Does anyone have any recommendations on how to proceed? Easy solution would be to let the soil dry, but I have a feeling that if left on its own, it would only dry after 2 weeks with the temperature at 25+ degrees celcius and constant sunshine.
Please note that this is the first time I have done any DIY or gardening ever so I am a total noob
Now it is time to do something outside the house as well, and in particular in the garden.
We have decided to buy a shed, as the house has no garage and we need space for the lawnmower that we have to buy soon as the grass is starting to grow, space for my tools, barbeque and bikes that we want to buy a little bit later.
In short, without the shed, we can't really buy anything...
So, based on some threads on here, I went on tigersheds and decided on an 8x6 pent shiplap shed. I went to B&Q yesterday and found the exact same style of spabs that our patio is made from, in 400mm x 400mm size. I have decided to go for 6x7 slabs to give me some space around the shed as well.
This morning I went out and started measuring the 2.8m x 2.4m area for me to remove the grass and lay down a mix of concrete and sand (as per online research).
My god...the soil is SO wet at that part of the garden... The soil was very wet everywhere especially in December and January, but started to dry off so we could step on it, but I had never gone in the corner were the shed will be put on.
As a result after an hour of effort I have managed to take out four full shovels worth of grass and soil...plus the edges have dissapeared as by stepping on the grass outside the marked area the soil on the edges has been pushed into the marked area and the whole thing looks like a mess.
Does anyone have any recommendations on how to proceed? Easy solution would be to let the soil dry, but I have a feeling that if left on its own, it would only dry after 2 weeks with the temperature at 25+ degrees celcius and constant sunshine.
Please note that this is the first time I have done any DIY or gardening ever so I am a total noob
. My current shed I dug out holes and made small 4" high forms out of pallet wood and filled them with concrete to make piers then sat a treated 2x4 frame on top.