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prepping for gravel (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by malcriada_lala@lemmy.world to c/nolawns@slrpnk.net

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I am planning on killing my lawn and filling the area with raised beds with gravel in between the beds. I will be using the sheet mulching strategy to kill the grass. I've used this strategy successfully to prep for my existing beds. My question is this: should I put a layer of anti weed tarp before installing the gravel, or should the sheet mulching do enough to prevent weeds?

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[–] malcriada_lala@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm actually open to ground cover options as long as it will be low maintenance. I fight gravel would be the end all be all. And I like the way it looks

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 years ago

That’s going to be region-specific. If you share that people might be able to help, though I’m not necessarily an expert.