No More Weeding for Me

Bill Ragland
by Bill Ragland
3 Materials
$200
5 Days
Medium

I got tired of having to weed and add stone to our walkways from the patio to the pool, to the basement and to the yard.

I removed all the gravel and well...here are the results.

Pathway to the yard


This pathway went to our yard. As you can see there are weeds coming thru gravel that was laid down.

Pathway to the basement steps.


Again another weed filled area. Not to mention that I move a lot of stuff in and out of the basement using a hand truck. Hand trucks do not do well on gravel.

Pathway from the patio to our pool.


These stones (made them myself) are also very hard on the feet as we go back and forth to the pool.

Solution to the pathway to the pool.


This modification gives a beach atmosphere to going to and from the pool.

Step one to the modification.


Remove all the gravel and lay down 4 X 4's. Level them up to the existing surfaces. Add weed block before laying down the decking boards.

Finished product.


We can now walk to the pool, basement steps and yard without any problems. No weeds to be seen.

Suggested materials:
  • Weed block cloth   (Any home and garden center)
  • 4" X 4" lumber   (Local DIY store.)
  • Decking boards   (Local DIY store)
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