How many intruders per year are you experiencing, or expecting?

@@Gibbons3457 In LA?... well.... we have had quite a few. However, the uninvited visitor is the worst. I have a HORRIBLE story about mistaking Jehovas witness for someone coming to pick something up. 😶 and. Invited them in. Inside the house. 😶 take it from there.

When you live in South Africa, then it is almost a must

Oh that’s interesting I’ll investigate Vuba option. At time I used Breedon mixed with loose gravel in areas that I wanted to plant up. Mixing options ie having bound gravel route way through loose gravel works really well🐇

I wished there was more gravel use here in the US!

I went to Vancouver which is not so far, and really liked that too 🐇

Have not seen that, but I do top up gravel every so often, it needs weeding too obviously and I freshen it up by raking it every now and then and it looks so much better after a bit of gentle titivation - like most things!

Yes thats a great point. I remember working with the police on security measures for front gardens and they highlighted the fact that gravel actually warned you someone was around, you can hear intruders crunching on the gravel.

Wow, sounds lovely , what USDA zone are you? 🐇

Hi Janet, yes, I watched the same video last night, very useful. It's the "SAVING MONEY in the Garden - My Top Tips" video and the path is 7.07 minutes into it. The video was uploaded 2 months ago. I'm sorry but I'm useless at IT so can't work out how to put in a link for you but I hope this helps.

I just have loose gravel in that situation, just small sized particles, 10mm down ( ie 10 mm size and smaller) angular particles as it’s a working area. If you don’t want loose gravel there though, I would avoid the Breedon as you might drop soil on it when working in raised beds and probably go for the Nida system. I would put a fixed edge to it, such as a paving slab so you can run the mower over the edge of the slab and have a tidy line. Mowing edges such as paving slabs, brick soldier courses etc keep grass looking neater without a straggly line of grass, I talk about them in the video’ ‘My top timing saving gardening hacks’ - hope this helps. 🐇

@@bunnyguinness Thank you Bunny. Its a 3.5 acre garden with lots of curvy raised beds and becomes very tedious to maintain those sharp crisp lines. Loose gravel sounds like an option but i suppose it will need some sort of an edge too so we can mow over it. Will look at your other video too. Thanks.

Yes some people never lay gravel without them 🐇

A common question! If your feet are like mine, it’s no problem but if you have soft, beautifully pedicured feet, I think you would wince! Glad you found it useful🐇

@@bunnyguinness wow what a speedy reply! I think my somewhat less than perfect trotters could cope then. Thanks!

Hahaha 😂

No it’s not at all muddy in wet weather, it is laid to a slight fall so water drains off it🐇

I think he laid the wrong one. You could ask him to scrape off the top layer, maybe 5mm or so and get him to replace it with the correct colour. I have done this when the top has got stained with soil or similar and it works well. 🐇

Do you mean paving stones? We use those a lot here but these are only permeable if you use a special mortar to joint them with, so maybe I have got the wrong end of the stick? 🐇

@@bunnyguinness You're right. It about the material used between stones. It's usually sand or decomposed granite. Then of course, there can be a problem of weeds or washout of the material used between stones. One advantage is that the stones can be pulled up and reused more easily than some other materials. No solution is perfect, so it's reassuring that experiments continue. I have a city garden in Austin, Texas, where informality reigns (A big gala is Diamonds and Denim). Most of my paths are pine bark nuggets. Most stone is a problem because of heat retention. It's depressingly hot here. By British stands, we are vulgaris, but a lot of it is climate and terrain.

Sorry about my typing. I have a tremor. Every year the warranty on another body part expires.

I got them made up, by Tom at gedding mill forge I have done many variants on it : length, shape and height🐇

Yes that’s a good idea, it won’t be in next batch but maybe the batch after that. Even plants that don’t grow well in pots for any length of time such as yew , grows really well in a baseless pot. So you have a much wider range of plants to choose from and it pretty much boils down to personal taste 🐇

I've been trying to re-find that very video! Do you have the link for it, please, by any chance?

@@janetbarkwith6369 It was the video 'Saving Money in the Garden'

@@beckyb76563 Got it! Thanks :)

I don’t use glyphosate on annual weeds only on well established perennial weeds like couch, bind weed and ground elder. You must have a massive weed seed burden in your soil. I would just hoe the top surface repeatedly if they are annuals until you reduce the burden. 🐇

@@RalphTGP I am in the UK;-)

Don’t you have white van men? Where do you come from? The vans are white.

She said white van drivers, as in drivers of white vans - deliveries etc. I’m not sure why that’s an issue?

@@zoewhite7705 it reeks of classism Imagine if someone was to categorise any other race / gender. There would be uproar If you dont see the problem, then you are part of the issue