Martin's New Garden

We've got a tree man booked to take some trees out, hopefully this week. So last week I did some clearing of some more smaller stuff to make space.

Here's some stumps:
   

The pile of prunings is getting pretty big now. I started chopping them up to go on the compost (and to increase the log pile) but there's still loads to do:
   

I put Xs on the four trees I want the man to take out. It will really open up the middle of the garden and take away a lot of shade:
   

I had been hoping to get the stumps out too, but the reinforced concrete at the edge of the old path is proving stubborn. I might have another go at it today, after all the rain it might be a bit easier to loosen.
   

I've been having a go at the lawn as well. It's currently more moss than grass and I'd like to make it better to walk on in the winter. So I've watered on some iron sulphate to burn off some of the moss:
   

I've been all over the lawn with a garden fork, sticking it in and wiggling it about. Then I ran my old electric scarifier over it. I was pleased that it still worked, I haven't used it for about 20 years, but it's taken 9 wheelbarrow loads of moss and thatch off it so far.
   

Once the tree man has finished, I plan to give the lawn another hard scarification to expose some lines of bare earth, then overseed and feed. I'm just hoping he turns up before winter!