Took off all current grass.
Forked it up all over.
Level with a rake
Throw seed about
Fork a bit to bury seed
Rake
Stomp down
Water and keep off lawn
Wait patiently.
Edit: don't worry about weeds. They'll sod off if you cut it. And they'll appear anyway!
This is really helpful, thank you. I have seeds, fork and rakes. Might see about easy local hire options for rotovator but should probably just get on with it and do best I can with tools available.
Oh, I glossed over that bit! Oops.
What I did.
Took off all current grass.
Forked it up all over.
Level with a rake
Throw seed about
Fork a bit to bury seed
Rake
Stomp down
Water and keep off lawn
Wait patiently.
Edit: don't worry about weeds. They'll sod off if you cut it. And they'll appear anyway!