"Fuschia" wrote in message
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| On Sat, 23 May 2009 11:36:08 +0100, "Rich" wrote:
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| I've about 5 inch of fairly stony soil then below it very rocky and
| sandy.
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| My intention is to sift the soil and remove all the stones and lay
| stones down first, then put the sifted soil top of that. Then grass.
|
| I'm sifting with a garden sifter thingy and the size of the holes are
| about 1cm square. Should I sift with a finer sieve?
|
| I'm wanting a lawn bowling green-ish.
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| If you bury the stones they will eventually work their way up to the
| surface as the fine soil washes down between them. That wouldn't
| matter too much for an orcinary lawn, but if you really want a bowling
| green you should remove the stones entirely.

Or put a porous membrane down on top of the stones. That'll stop anything
going up or down.

jim, Northampton