Tempest
Distinguished Member
Over the past couple of months I've been busy outside, tidying up the bottom of the garden, and digging out a LOT of soil, eventually on my hands and knees with a Spirit Level and Wallpaper Scraper, making a neat walkway against the neighbours fence.
(Also did a lot of rockery work, but that's not the question here)
I have last year already purchased 60 ish 18" paving slabs to make a path.
Given the rare times this path would be walked on, could probably get away with laying them on dirt, or perhaps better a dry sand/cement mix.
I'm also going to have some gravel available, so the plan was kinda to lay the slabs, and then, with weed matting pour gravel either side of the slabs to create a nice neat end of garden walkway.
My main concern of this as a general plan is all the junk that falls off the overhanging trees, as can be seen in the later photo's.
Right now as it's simply a dirt surface I can literally sweep the dirt with a stiff broom, and make it look clean.
With gravel there, that won't be possible and I'm going to end up, over a few years with a gravel and mass of dead plant matter mix.
Hence I'm questioning if my plan is a good one, and if it's not, what else can I do, other than just leave it dirt.
I could just leave it dirt, but I have slabs, so wondering if there are any other ideas to consider.
Your thoughts?
All clean and tidy and just finished making look great
After 2 days of strong winds:
Close-ups of what's fallen down after 2 days:
(Also did a lot of rockery work, but that's not the question here)
I have last year already purchased 60 ish 18" paving slabs to make a path.
Given the rare times this path would be walked on, could probably get away with laying them on dirt, or perhaps better a dry sand/cement mix.
I'm also going to have some gravel available, so the plan was kinda to lay the slabs, and then, with weed matting pour gravel either side of the slabs to create a nice neat end of garden walkway.
My main concern of this as a general plan is all the junk that falls off the overhanging trees, as can be seen in the later photo's.
Right now as it's simply a dirt surface I can literally sweep the dirt with a stiff broom, and make it look clean.
With gravel there, that won't be possible and I'm going to end up, over a few years with a gravel and mass of dead plant matter mix.
Hence I'm questioning if my plan is a good one, and if it's not, what else can I do, other than just leave it dirt.
I could just leave it dirt, but I have slabs, so wondering if there are any other ideas to consider.
Your thoughts?
All clean and tidy and just finished making look great
After 2 days of strong winds:
Close-ups of what's fallen down after 2 days: