yup. a shop vac will suck it up. of course, then you gotta empty that shop vac.
OTOH, the REALLY EASY way to solve this problem is...... make raised beds using 2x4s
and some plastic lining it to keep the soil in, no plastic on the bottom for
drainage. Leave the pea gravel to hold down the weeds. I started with the raised
beds, added the gravel later. http://weloveteaching.com/landscape/gravel/gravel.htm
Ingrid

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Hi all,
I just moved into a new home that had a 20x26' section in the backyard
that had a swing set on it and I'm trying to convert it into a garden.
It has about 3" of Pea gravel covering the whole thing. I'm wondering
how much of that is safe to leave in the soil and not hurt a vegatable
garden. I live in Illinois and have pretty good soil so I'm worried
that I'll be leaving too much in.I plan on Tilling in anything I can't
get out, into the soil.

PS Any good ideas on how to get all that Gravel out "the easy way" and
not with back breaking labor!!

a good bagless heavy duty vacuum cleaner and simply vacuum it up.

rob




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