corb
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Registered: 24th Apr 02
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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My garden was on two different levels. Only being fairly small made it un-usable for kicking a ball about etc so the Mrs proposed levelling it out. It snowballed from there......
The day I moved in, October 2006..... Tree's everywhere
The day I started the bigger task in October 2010, tree at end of garden already gone and replaced by shed and tree nearest conservatory already cut down to the root.
Started taking the turf off and clearing some soil:
Starting to make a mess
Height difference between the two levels
Long way down = lots of soil to move! Some trees still standing...
Tree graveyard
Practiced some trench digging skills, GRENADE! OJC would've loved it! 
Unhappy cats...*whats happened to our garden, what are we meant to climb up now and get stuck?!
More soil gone
Even more soil gone!...
On the bottom left of this pic you can see about a quarter of the rocks I also had to get rid of!
Looking toward the house, lots more soil taken away after this from the border and bottom where Im standing
Nights drawing in and one of five tree stumps which i pulled out(by hand!) Last day in November I did any work before stopping for the winter / snow...
Back after a winter break, April. Sun shining. Even got the lad to help. Retaining borders put in....
Pile of soil, about a fifth of the total amount. The rest was wheelbarrowed up the side of the house into the front garden/drive and collected by a grab lorry. Also type started going down and slabs delivered. One bulk bag of hardcore, same of sand, some cement and all slabs, again moved by hand up the side of the house!
Moving the shed was interesting with two of us!
Started laying slabs
What a mess .... 
Cut around edges
Paving, done
The reason I paved, originally was gonna turf the lot
Slow progress
Self-mixed Topsoil down
Few bits still to do... Bit of lighting. Want a water feature of some sort. I have put some plants / flowers in the bedding up the side and want a very specific type or Acer tree in the bottom corner.
In all I moved about 300 wheelbarrow loads of soil down the side of the house, did everything by hand except the whacker for the type 1 for the paving and had some help from Dad.
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andys sxi
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Registered: 19th Jan 06
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it looks so much better than what it did 
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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it does look very nice, although i'd have kept the tree's up personally, would've just cut them back a bit as it shielded your garden from the houses on the right on the pictures.
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corb
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Registered: 24th Apr 02
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Looking at it now, that would have worked but the plan changed as I went along. The roots were also a complete bastard and pulling up / chopping most of them may well have fucked the trees up in the long term. I was sure initially what I was doing up the side and wanted to start over with a blank canvas.
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Alex_Rally
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Registered: 6th Sep 09
Location: Tyne and Wear, gateshead
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looks really nice mate
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Haimsey
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Registered: 8th May 05
Location: Nottingham Drives: Corsa B
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Looks 100 x better! Good effort.
Marcy Marc 
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Edd
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Registered: 8th Nov 04
Location: Glasgow
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Looks neater but i prefer the privacy more. Also bet the neighbours love a basketball court next to them.
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