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anastatia Vancouver, WA(Zone 8a) May 24, 2005

I am sure this has been thoroughly explained @ Dave's but can't find it. I am helping my dd convert her new house, a rental for years, into a home. Oh, and we are doing it on a very small budget. They have a black lab. They have a weedy back yard with a small concrete patio. They would like to expand the concrete patio but the cost for them right now is too high. I was suggesting a gravelled area as well as gravel the natural path the dog has made and is now a mudhole whenever it rains. And keep the lawn area to a minimun. What is the procedure for the gravel and what kind of gravel? Sand, landscaping fabric, gravel?

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Terry Murfreesboro, TN(Zone 7a) May 25, 2005

The first thing I'd do is find a way to contain the gravel (some type of edging - wood, metal, plastic, rocks, blocks - anything to keep in in place.) Landscape fabric if weeds growing through will be a problem, then gravel - sand is optional, IMO.

Pea gravel from the big sand/gravel place here is very cheap if you can haul it yourself. I bought a 1/4 ton for under $7 the other day (Have a full-size truck and do NOT let them overload you - I made that mistake once; bought a half-ton of gravel to be loaded into a half-ton truck, and they gave me a "generous" scoop (more like 3/4 ton) that made it very dangerous to drive home, not to mention it had to be really hard on the truck's frame and tires. A blow-out could have happened, and would have been disastrous.)

I love the pea gravel between my paving stones - it's cheap, easy to move into place, looks good and doesn't wash away easily.

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anastatia Vancouver, WA(Zone 8a) May 25, 2005

Terry, the overloading problem I have experienced. . . . with someone else's truck. Oh my gosh! Since then we bought our our lil' pick up. The edging is what we are working on now. Thanks for the advice. M

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