There's no way I'd ever
move this much earth, so I got some one in to do it.
Apparently 20m³ of earth needed moving!
They were an entertaining bunch.




And here's what they left me with.
Riddling it to get rid of the roots and grass roots took ages.
We used to have a small tree in the back garden and its roots were still
in the ground. Grrrr.

 And this is the view of the 'difficult' bit of the back garden to the left of the pic above.  This bit is south west facing, so it gets loads of sun.  I hope to put in a raised bed here to grow veg and stuff.  I'm looking for a cheap 'half' greenhouse to put up against the wall.  There's some on the market but they're hellish expensive