On Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:40:51 -0700 (PDT), Higgs Boson
wrote:

I need to cover a short area -- a path leading from the lawn to a gate which is very rarely used. There is a small area to the R. of the path, up against a neighbor fence.

After debating the up & down sides of DG and pebbles, I am not satisfied with either.

Can anybody suggest a ground cover that lies really, really flat and is very tough. The aesthetics are sort of important, but the practicalities over-ride.

Flagstone is attractive and requires no maintenence. Pebbles/gravel
is ugly, screams CHEAP, and you'll forever be retrieving migrating
stones.