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I similarly had no easy way to remove the same type of soil so thought I'd just give "cleaning it up as much as possible and chucking down some grass seed" a go.
I pulled all the weeds I could, removed some of the stones, put down the seed and watered it regularly. I'll look for the seed I used. I do two lots, the second after the first had started to take but looked a little thin.
It's not bowling green quality by any stretch of the imagination but it's better than the winter slippy mud patch.
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Who knows about lawns?
My garden is really muddy in the winter, then baked solid in the summer. I think it's clay - I've heard it described as 'London soil', but I don't know what that is. A lawn / turf will not grow there.
I know that the way to make the grass grow is to remove 6 inches of soil, and replace it with new topsoil. I cannot do this, terrraced house, no way to carry it out etc.
Will rotovating it to death before laying grass help? If I mix some sand in (I can carry this through the house in bags) aid? Any help much appreciated