"Magwitch" wrote in message
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troubleinstore muttered:

Question is after the grass has been cutt, do I have to kill all the
grass
and weeds (I've got a tub of sodium clorate) and then level the ground or
will the sheer volume of pebble on top of the membrane do this for me.

Sodium chlorate would not be suitable anyway as it reduces your options
for
any future planting in the soil, glyphosate would be a better idea... but
even so it would be a heavy job and might need several applications.

One way would be to tackle it bit by bit starting with the area furthest
away from your access point (for any machinery you might need to hire) so
you don't trash anything that's finished.

Or how about a compromise by gravelling the major part and putting in some
raised beds using sleepers? I think you'd have to get _some_ help at some
point though.


warning to OP ..if you have a large gravelled area, you'll get lots of local
cats shitting in it and an even more unpleasant chore than cutting the
grass. To borrow N McC's idea, why not work out cost of gravelling (really
you need to get it all cleared & leveled before the membrane goes down so
that should include turf removal), then see how many weeks of getting your
lawn cut you'd get from that. I would think it would be a lot.
I'm assuming you'll have to pay someone to do it all since by definition if
you cant mow a lawn then removing turf , levelling the soil, and carting
lots of gravel about will not be an option for you.

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