Re: Progress on the garden wall

Yeah, we did, didn't we, Pam.  I swear I'm gonna try it as everything
that grows here seeds into the gravel drive.

Trouble with pea gravel is that it never packs down and it washes off
a slope like crazy.  About half of the walk around my damp garden is
now at the bottom of the hill after all our torrential rain this
year.  I retrieved most of it only to have it wash right back down;
have to do something different there but not sure what at this point.
 I saw some that looked like it had been crushed in the UK years ago
- great driveway surface; even brought a few back with me, but have
never seen anything like it here.  I much prefer the color of pea
gravel to the gray granite stone we get here.  I think our drive is
3/4 and larger and it packs under major traffic after a few years but
not really where there isn't much traffic.  Need more gravel on it
and mean to try a smaller size when our boat comes in to see if it
will pack into the crevices and maybe discourage some of the
weeds....HA!

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
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> From: Pamela J. Evans <gardenqueen@gbronline.com>
> 
> My driveway is pea gravel and stream gravel and I am going to throw
> seeds out there to start this Spring. I've spent the past two
months
> picking up 6 zillion hackberries so I can put good stuff out there.
I
> think Marge and I had a discussion last year about trying this as
an
> experiment!!
> 
> 
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: "Judy L Browning" <judybrowning@lewiston.com>
> 
> >This discussion just reminded me of a nursery I visited a few
years ago. It
> >was a house on a city lot. She replaced all the grass with
landscaping &
> >potted plants. Paths were washed 3/4 minus gravel to a depth of 6
inches.
> >She said it packed well, didn't track too badly. Her lot was flat
so I don't
> >know if washing onto the sidewalk would be an issue. I suspect
anything
> >without roots will tend to do that?
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Donna " <justme@prairieinet.net>
> >
> >
> >> Another issue is everything reseeds in pea gravel. I spend more
time
> >> weeding my pea gravel than my garden beds! I have an area around
the one
> >> side of pond between the deck/pond and garden beds. I am
sooooooo sorry
> >> I ever put pea gravel down, but no way to get a lawnmower in
there and
> >> couldn't think what else to do... has to be walked on all the
time.
> >>
> >> I have actually thought about spreading some seeds in there to
get them
> >> started... seriously!
> >>
> >> Donna

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