Matt Meiser
06-27-2013, 2:51 PM
8-9 Years ago I created a walkway between the concrete pad outside my shop's entry door and the gravel driveway by removing sod, installing some edging, putting down landscape fabric, and putting about 3" of gravel down. Its worked fairly well, just some weeds at the edges and occasionally in the middle until this year. When I started pulling numerous weeds that suddenly appeared in the middle I found that the fabric has disintegrated. One option would be to remove all the stone and install new fabric and put the stone back. That's a good bit of work. Another is concrete but its enough that I'd have to have concrete brought in and a good bit of work. LOML likes the idea of sandstone or the like but even more work than the fabric and not exactly cheap.
I got to thinking though, what if I just bought enough bags of cement to cover the whole area an inch deep or so, spread it over the stone and water it in really good to wash it to the bottom where it could create a hard layer? I don't expect it to be strong but that would mean I could break it up down the road and spread it on the driveway too.
I'm more concerned with the stone mixing with the soil underneath in the spring when the ground gets really soft in that area than I am with the weeds which can be dealt with by weeding by hand or chemically. I already spray the whole driveway 1-2 times a year I'm thinking this would create sufficiently large pieces that they would stay on top.
I got to thinking though, what if I just bought enough bags of cement to cover the whole area an inch deep or so, spread it over the stone and water it in really good to wash it to the bottom where it could create a hard layer? I don't expect it to be strong but that would mean I could break it up down the road and spread it on the driveway too.
I'm more concerned with the stone mixing with the soil underneath in the spring when the ground gets really soft in that area than I am with the weeds which can be dealt with by weeding by hand or chemically. I already spray the whole driveway 1-2 times a year I'm thinking this would create sufficiently large pieces that they would stay on top.