Ditto. Have a look at mine. Not a weed anywhere. Full of mortar.
Path weed prevention
Jun 13, 2005
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We've got them with bark/slabs on top. Weeds root in the bark but pull straight up intact with no effort, unless they've managed to slip a root under the slabs.
Thanks for all those very helpful replies (many more than in uk.rec.gardening ).
If you're going to scrape it out regularly wouldn't it be easier to put down a membrane? It's not very expensive.
Membranes are porous so they don't prevent the water draining away.
Trouble with that is you wouldn't be able to walk on it. More that about 1" of compacted gravel is like walking on a shale beach.
Dave
The type of gravel greatly affects this. Some hardly moves, rounded gravel, like beach gravel will.
well after about 4 weeks of car traffic our 20mm hard edged shingle is packing down nicely. The 2" deep bits are rook solid, but the 6" bits are still a bit mushy.
But cars aren't getting bogged in it any more.
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