- Location
- Montgomeryshire
If it we're me, I'd start with a blank canvas, and to do that I would direct drill the lot and get a good mixed lay cover. If you're not interested in farming, I would then plan where you're going to dig a pond, and plan a decent path route that offers a reasonable length walk.
Around/ along each side of the pathway, I would plant a mixture of soft and hardwood tree's, the soft will grow fast (silver birch/spruce) and once established you can thin the softs out to give the hards a good chance. Leave a few blank areas and let mother nature do the rest. In a few years you'll have a wildlife haven.
In future, all you'll need is a decent sized ride-on mower to keep the paths short and a chainsaw to thin the softs out..
If you have a dig around you may find some support funding to help you.
Quite. Lots of recommendations about ‘sorting it out’, without first establishing what the OP wants to end up with.
Assuming it’s a recreational patch to walk the dogs in etc, it won’t need to be turned into a field resembling a dairy farmer’s mowing grass.