lawn help

[areia]

wasnt quite sure where to put this, havin now moved into a flat and getting a allotment in my area is well huge waiting list, mum has decided to let me have free raine of her huge garden, now the front lawn is terriable as she find it hard to mow etc thus now is un even and has huge ant hills whats the best way to really make it look nice again with out the temptation of getting a digger (which would be fun ) it 50 by around 40 and it really over grown with grass

[Glutton4...]

50 x 40 = fab - feet or metres !?

If you dig, the ants will go - they only like stationary soil! But the soil left by them will be well turned. You could cover with black plastic to kill off everything underneath, before digging over, then either add organic matter/manure, or sand, or both, depending on the soil type and situation.

Does it get the sun for all or part of the day? Is it secure, or will your crops get taken?

Sorry, I'm rambling...

Most of the info you need will be on here somewhere, just have a 'search' around - Good luck!

[areia]

its in feet not metres haha its not going to be for a veggy patch, ive got the bk garden for that , but i am planing on a few fruit trees out the front, and a wild life corner, it currently has a huuuuuuuge willow tree along the front bit with spring bulbs a huge bay tree which is being effected by the willow sort of growing one sided but has loads of baby bays to dig up, and a sorry looking silver berch, its not far from the sea and has sun all day and it does get bit breezy, i am going to want to regrass etc was wondering on the cheapest though be mostly likely hard way, just want it to look like a lawn again with some shape

[jacob marley]

If you can give it a good strimming and another when it starts to grow a bit and it should come back into reasonable shape or get a Goat they prune the rose's as well....jacob