Best way to recycle grass and soil?

[Naga]

I'm gonna revamp the garden so I'm gonna take all the old horrible grass, apart from dumping it in a skip what would be the best way to recycle the old grass and soil?

[roitelet]

Cut the turves neatly and stack them upside down in a block on some solid surface not the soil. Cover them with black plastic or such like and wait. In about two years you will have a beautiful stack of loam. It's well worth the wait!

[Aberdeenplotter]

Spot on Roitelet although I wouldn't evn bother covering with plastic.

[Two_Sheds]

If your grass isn't seeding, I would just turn it upside down and bury it in the soil. It will rot down in situ and enrich the ground

It's what I did 3 years ago ~ this border used to be just flat weedy lawn

[Florence Fennel]

Every time I steal some more lawn for veg beds I stack it in the corner of the garden as Roitelet does.

[Naga]

It's actually a good idea using it as loam.... when you mean lay it upside down on the soil will the grass regrow up, how do I know if it's seeding?

[roitelet]

If you put on something solid or plastic and cover it with black plastic the grass can't re-grow. Make a stack square and high rather than long and flat, it's easier that way to cover it. Start the stack with the grass side of the turves down and then stack all the rest of the turves the same way so that you finush up with the soil on top.

[taff]

I was advised to do this a few years ago. Best advice I had then, because now this year, I've grown lovely carrots in fab stoneless soil....