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So good to see someone else replacing their astro turf, I think that stuff should be against the law. We've removed so much of nature from our world, do we really need plastic gardens?
Looks like you're borders are in good shape, I have done a similar project as you are eyeing up, its still looking pretty bleak in my pics but I am happy with it.
For the grass - I had to dig down a foot and a halfish and turn the soil over, let it breathe for a bit but not so long weeds start to grow (I think I left it 2 weeks). Then I put down about 6 bags of fresh topsoil (so much more "alive") and then some fertiliser pellet things. Raked it al out. Stamped it in. Raked it again. Stamped it in. I bought a bunch of turf from my local and from it arriving to me finishing laying it can only have been a couple of hours, it was super quick and easy. Water it everyday, job done. Haven't killed it yet. If you increase the size of your borders in certain bits you could break the garden up a bit and make it less linear, not sure about climbers but we are looking into them too, we also bought small apple tree.
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Any thoughts on what to do with this?
It's pretty small, 4m x 4m maybe.
Would like grass (preferably real). How long do you have to stay off after laying new turf? Assume I'd have to do a fair bit of digging to break up that soil for turf.
It's an end of terrace so the brick wall faces out onto the street. Eventually I'd like something high and reasonably impenetrable growing along there. Any suggestions?
The side "corridor" is about 6' x 20'. Any ideas what to do there? (Although there is a reasonable chance that a bike shed will be going there)
Cheers