restarting a neglected plot: green manure or cardboard and poo?

[salome2001]

no one would go the green manure path???

[Two_Sheds]

It's just a bit late in the year to be sowing green manures, esp. as the OP's plot is still full of grass at the mo

[northepaul]

We have clay soil at home too - its hard work!
If you're planning on using it, drainage is the most important issue - add horticultural sand or grit in large quantities and over time.
On the plus side (yes there is a small one ) clay soil is very nutrient rich.

[taff]

as chris said, turn it freqently, you'll have compost more quickly. You won't get compost in 2 months of laeaving a pile to it's own devices. If you want to leave it to it's own devices, you're looking at about 8 months to a year before it's compost

[salome2001]

It's just a bit late in the year to be sowing green manures, esp. as the OP's plot is still full of grass at the mo

actually, about 1/3 of it is now de-thatched, de-rooted and dug over. I was only really thinking of vetch as a green manure as it is quite late to sow and I didn't want anything too hard to dig in

[ukfapower]

Cardboard and mulch has worked a treat on nettlebeds for us. Potatoes through holes in the first year and then life as a normal bed in the second year. I only wish it worked as well for brambles and bindweed