[Lardman]

I've finally managed to find 5 minutes to dig over in front of the greenhouse, next door has been sold (again) so whatever I do may be disturbed if the new people use the garden, thinks fences are a good idea or just don't like the look of scrap metal 

The area there is about 4'x12', the tins along the right are next doors "fence", they're leaning badly perhaps a foot into the garden but I can't straighten them they're buried 2ft down with soil piled behind them.

I've tried to level the soil this side to reduce the drop off there was and reclaim some more usable space.

There's about 6" difference from the bottom slabs to the slab in front of the greenhouse. I have more of the yorkstone to build steps at the tier as the difference is around another 10". The rest of the greenhouse sides have limestone chippings around.

The only thing I can come up with is is to extend the wall on the left until the end of the first slope and then continue with more chippings.  I just can't see a way of dealing with the slope or supporting anything (like steps) on the right hand side.

Before I took the spade to it, the area was a grass slope and was treacherous when wet or muddy.

Open to any suggestions... but the budget is virtually none-existent.

[Markw]

Hi Lardman
Is this used for access to get to your chickens?. if so I would put a small wall to the same height as the top of the red brick wall where the slabs finish and  then back fill it with some more earth from further up the slope to make it level. then put in another small  step further back up the slope. that should make it much safer.

[Lardman]

It's the main access to the garden as such has very high foot traffic, if you look behind the sick mint in the black pot you can just make out a chicken at the end of their run, supervising 

I did consider another step but there's a big hole on the right where the wall ends (I've wedged a slab down there) Im not sure I could build anything stable enough to support a step  but it would get me 18" further back and 6" higher...  I may have to revisit the idea.

(If I had the time / money / energy I would rebuild both the left and right walls and do it properly    )