My son has just bought a property. It has a cultivated garden near the house then a fence, then a huge patch of uncultivated land which was purchased, at some time, by the previous owner of the house.
The land used to be boggy, years ago. There are tall boggy type plants growing on it. My son has cut them down. The actual ground is
ridged. There are lines of moorland type grass where the roots seem to form the ridges. When you try to walk on it it is very difficult as you cockle over on your ankles.
My son is in the process of going over it all with a heavy duty petrol lawn mower, but it has not got rid of the ridges, to any extent. I have a rotovator which is quite a strong one. Does anyone know if this would be the best way to deal with the land. He wants to grass it all, eventually (I would like to transfer my allotment to it, but I do not fell as though that idea went down well!!)
