The grass in the frontyard of my Phoenix house is all dead. I am planning to replace the grass with gravels/rocks. I wonder if I should lay 1 inch of rocks with fabric underneath or 2 inches of rocks without fabric? Any other better recommend option if I like to be able to have a few plants with minimal maintenance?
Should I use river rocks or gravels (or maybe they are the same)?
I assume the procedure is 1) remove dead grass 2) lay the fabric 3) place gravels evenly.
Anything I may have missed?
2007-03-25 18:28:50 · 3 answers · asked by whorl1quote1 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
first you cut open the bag
then u flip the bag
and hopefully gravity will take care of rest.
2007-03-25 18:50:05 · answer #1 · answered by Pro Bush 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you have it right just make sure you use good quality landspape fabric and not plastic if you want some plants in there too. I would remove the grass, make a few depressions where xeric plants can be placed, put down the fabric then the stone. There are many types of landscape material made of rock and stone. Maybe visit suppliers and look around at different options before you decide. You can Google xeriscape for some other ideas for combining rock and low water/ maintenance plants. I am in New Mexico and crusherfines are used extensively here and form a compacted surface that is quite attractive
2007-03-26 00:59:56 · answer #2 · answered by Pixil 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your proceedure is correct. You want to make sure you have the fabric so you won't have weeds popping up either.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xeriscaping
2007-03-25 18:35:41 · answer #3 · answered by santan_cat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋