Advice would be nice

[Glutton4...]

It's up to you pebbles. I'm on solid clay, so just dug over 1 spade depth (with a fork actually - couldn't get a spade in the ground!) then covered it in horse manure and left it to the mercy of the elements for a couple of months. I'm led to believe that if you aren't growing anything needing a deep root run, you can just put your soil mix straight on top as the grass won't come back up that far. I have heard of people putting down cardboard or a generous layer of newspaper then saturating it before adding the soil.

Good luck!

[TonyO]

Hello Clive, & welcome to the Vine,

[bucky]

hi ya clive
personaly i take top turf off ,take away place grass side down and leave for a year it will be good loam.raise bed are a goo d idea if you have plenty spare soil(to buy inabout 330pounds for 20 tonnes).better doing 1 bed then compost everything for next year.try to get loads of horse manure to fill bottom of beds .it,s all about patience theirs no quick fix