I need a lot of pebbles to cover an area of my garden. I reckon the cheapest source would be from builders merchants, but they contain some sand which I would like to remove. Anyone done this, I think if I made a screen then placed some pebbles in, sprayed with water that would work. Any other ideas welcomed.
Cross posted to uk.d-i-y and uk.rec.gardening.
RAIN!
Lay them, hose them down.
Yep, that works, the only problem then is that the sand lies between the pebbles and any weed suppressor, giving a dood source for weeds to grow and worms to live!
You'll get fallen leaves, various wind-borne debris and dust etc. falling between the pebbles anyway, making a growing medium, so you will have to give periodic attention to weed growth. I wouldn't worry too much about the sand.
sand is not a food source for anything. It might help weeds root slighty better but you'll get them growing anyway, the idea about the membrane is to make it easy to pull them up because they havent rooted in the soil, as much as to stop already existing weeds germinating. You'll find the cat s*it will be a much better source of food for the weeds :-(
Ask for GRAVEL sold in sizes 12mm, 20mm. When it contains sand its called Ballast.
On EBay right now is a HUGE mechanical sive
However I'd use rain, or simulated rain (hosepipe)
Rick
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