I should sleep well tonight. We’ve decided to make room for another shed so that we can store things in one and I can use the one nearer the house as a workshop without having to cope with all the bits of wood and other things kept in there. Here is the space we have set aside after a little work yesterday morning:

I took out the plant material yesterday morning but today I have been labouring since mid-morning until about an hour ago, digging out soil, pounding in aggregate and getting the base set up. As you can see, I ran a little short on material but now just need a few more bags full rather than another half-ton load:

I’m using a plastic grid as the underlay. While it hasn’t been entirely easy, I think it has been a lot simpler than either slabs or concrete, both of which would still require digging out and filling with material before either having to create a form and fill it with lots of concrete or lots of mixing of cement and careful levelling of slabs. It already feels firm and the weight of the shed will hold everything in place even more.