Roughly 200sqm over grown garden. Cleared all the weed and cut grass/weeds. The ground was very hilly with the end being higher than the beginning. I hired a digger and levelled the hilly part and dug out a section near front of the garden to make extended patio area and continued path to make a gravel platform area in the middle where there is the most sun. Costs: Digger: £380 Type 1 and stone chippings cost (8bulk bags): £600 Sleepers: £260 Whacked plate rental: £70

I know I’m over budget but that’s what I expected tbh.

I want to seed the grass but there are lots of small stones and the soil is chalky - any advice on sorting this and the future of the garden is appreciated.