D I Y GARDENING: LAYING DOWN STONES/ PEA SHINGLE 

Beautifully done! It also acts as a silent alarm. You can hear if someone is walking on the stones.

Great job Sabrina !!! It’s my first doing the garden and I was a little nervous about how to lay the gravel down! But you made it so simple !!!! Thanks

Thanks for keeping it as simple as possible ❤

This looks Great, We got quoted £950 to do this to half the side of my back garden so myself & little brother are doing it ourselves.

Good diy project, I am doing a small patch in my back garden today. Just a small tip perhaps using garden pegs or staples will help holding weed fabric well in place for longer.

Thanks for sharing, this is so lovely and easy. Will do mine same as yours this week.

This looks amazing, I will definitely be trying this in my front garden.

I’m doing my small front garden tomorrow , thank you for posting Sabrina

This was really helpful thank you! I’ve ordered some weed fibre and pebbles from B&Q. I want to start laying them this week, once I’ve got the weeds out.

Thanks to your video it was great help, I done my garden with grey pebbles looks great but your was much better

Very nice I will be doing my low maintenance garden this winter. Just to say this is not pea shingle, pea shingle is about 10mm stones. But the way you have done it is better because cats just love pea shingle. I have had a tonne bag outside my house for a couple of months now just ready to get on with it. I have 2-4 centimetre size stones. Thanks for video.

4 years late but just the job ty. My wife will enjoy doing the window box we have now :D x

Fantastic video super useful thanks, I've never heard of weed membrane and about to embark on a stone layering so thanks very much

Really enjoyed watching this video. Very informative.

And I would add that a heavier 'weed membrane' or 'landscape fabric' does a better job. I see articles on line that state that landscape fabric doesn't work. I have two long paths at both sides of my house...like yours but mine have gardens on either side, and I have a sitting area at the back surrounded by invasive vinca. The side paths are covered in 'pea shingle' that in North American we call river stone and only when too much organic matter falls from trees onto the paths, do the occasional weeds grow in there. One minute maintenance per year! lol I used the lighter weight landscape fabric in the area at the back and with time some strong weeds/vinca pushed through it. I raked the stones to one side in sections, and lay down the thicker landscape fabric. Again, little weeds did not push through but occasionally grew on top of it between the stones when too much organic matter landed in it. We love it! And it makes the garden look so English!

Thanks - great video. Zero maintenance and looks great too.

Thank you for this Sabrina 👍 just what I needed 😌

Your garden is very beautiful and I did stone this year as well, and I have to thank you for the demo on weeds as they grow so quick. Lynn, USA Subscriber :-)

Nice work, thanks for the tips!

Great video Sabrina. Well done

Thanks so much for the tip. Will give it a go.

I did this a few years ago. The problem is, it does take long before the (light coloured) stones look dirty (and mossy if it's in shade). I had to take the lot back up again, bag it and take it to the tip - a bit of a pain. If I have to use it nowadays (usually lawn borders where I only want the odd shrub here and there) - I use black slate aggregate which comes in large pieces rather than small chippings.

Looks fab!

Lovely to the point video, thanks.

thanks for sharing. I want to do my small garden.

Thank you. I am on my way to Wickes

How about planting some plants before putting down stones? That would make it look beautiful

Brilliant Work- What no pretty flowers 💐

Beautiful i am getting ready to do my courtyard thank for the video.

I use slightly bigger stones because the cats like them less ;-)

lovely..

Beautiful. Quick question - what work you have to do to prep the ground? Dig up 1-2 in? How do you ensure the plot is balance/even? How about if in the future you want to plant some plants/flowers 2-3 ft apart? Thank you.

Looks easy peasy!

You may consider using weed killer without pulling up the unwanted plants first as it works through the leaf system.

Hi Sabrina. Thanks for this. Looking at other videos, they seem to dig down 4-6 inches (10-16cm), then above the weed layer material, use sand and/or bigger stones before then adding the pea gravel/shingles. I would imagine that they are going to such trouble to avoid weeds and make it last longer and not subside. I am wondering how your drive has lasted in the years since?

Thanks,really helpful .

Excellent job! Tks!!!

Looks good thnxxx 👋🏼

Thanks for this fab video! Can I ask did that membrane stop the weeds after all this time? Also would you happen to have the link to it as I have so many weeds I know nothing about membranes 🙈 You made it look so easy thank you!! Xx

You go girl!

I am thinking of doing the same thing after finding out that a gardener will charge £350.00 just for covering a small garden 6 square metres!

Great video, I'm going to do my back yard Today

Looks nice.

Thanks for the video, very helpful. Could you specify the quantity of bags per square meter you used?

Good job lady

Thanks for sharing the video… 👍🏼 Will it work cheap to get all materials and get Someone to do the work ? Thanks in advance.

Thank you looks great

Great job!! 👌🏾

Thank you so much for sharing, very helpful. Can I do this in this winter/wet season?

Sounds like something you'd see on Balamory, but still good job

This is exactly what I want to do. I just had a new deck to replace the rotted one. The backyard is very small. I want to do what u did on the left side but on my right is a larger area. I am wondering if I need to make a walkway somehow? I think the gravel looks very nice and it's little maintenance. I'm just wondering if I need to do something extra on the right where the area is a bit larger? Thanks

It looks fabulous and just what I want for my garden! Did you say you used 20 bags?

Where did you get that black mesh to buy, everything looks awesome

Hi Sabrina , great job ! One question I have is how many bags of stones did you need to do the job ? Thanks in advance !

Sabrina Grant: Sister: You are forward-looking. I enjoyed this DIY project. This is just the thing I want to do with the similar area of the yard to the side of my house: A long rectangular strip, so to make a walk-through area to the back. I want to cut costs, especially regarding concrete paving and I was looking for a cheap way to do this. Exertion is no objective, since hard work is akin to a payoff, more so in this sense. Questions: Did you do any digging/excavation prior to laying down the stones? Is the drainage adequate? Do you have French drains with the perforated pipe and sock underneath? Is this walkable, to serve as a non-soggy footpath?

beautiful

Thank you sabrina, what do you need to keep these in place looking nice like that? Over time I mean. Also what is better premium bark or these for front garden ?

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Thank you! You made it look so easy. My husband and I will be doing this very soon. I always thought that the stones came only in huge bags. Where do you get the smaller bags that you used?

Very nice

Great video.... good woman :)

Nice

great video.. since you did it have you any weeds come through at all? and how thick layer is their of stones? thanks

I already have a pebble base like you have done on top of a weed mat but it looks so sterile. I want to put some gardensoil on top of it and plant my many different plants in the dirt. I intend to put a hardwood sleeper at the edge to hold the soil in. Will the plants grow in the dirt with the weed mat base or do I I have to cut holes in the weed mat before planting them thank you

Did you not spray it with Gravel Binder ? or you have moved out from this house

hi looks great ive done a simular thing. how would you set them solid as I have some inside steps and dont want them loose and going everywhere? thanks karl

Great

Did you wash the gravel before using it

Hi Sabrina, Very helpful video. I have one question. I have grass in my front garden, so do I need to take them off, or I can just use the weedkiller, and then weed membrane? Many thanks.

How big was ur garden, iam trying yo work out how many bags of stones to buy.

Hi just wondering how you calculated how much of the materials you needed, it says to calculate the square footage however it is a border I’m doing around my grass and have not the first clue😂xxx

Sorry what's the name of the cloth u used, didn't quite catch the name..thanks..looks fab btw

So what happened to the weed fabric?? Is it still beneath the stones??

Is it good for driveway

I have done this to my front but I park my car on the stones what can I use to stop the stones from moving about

Will rain get trapped in the membrane?

beautifully done...one question...I would like to plant some plants on garden with pea shingles.Can I do it considering a weed spray that I will be using.

How many square meters/ft can one bag cover?

What is like now, as the weeds grown through?

Hi there - thinking of making a gravelled area in my garden - have u had to do much to yours since u laid it? thanks

Hi what length did you weed membrane x

How much did it cost for one bag of pea shingle

How do I plant shrubs in that area

Hi Sabrina, my garden is 30ft long, I would like to pebbled half of the garden, do you think it's possible to put a table and chairs on top of the pebbles and be able to enjoy outdoor dining ? thanks

Hi there can I do that on compact soil ?

How to cover a slope with plastic and stones

did that membrane work?, i have a similair role of balck membrane and was told by a gardaner that it was no good

Great video, but do not put chemicals on the ground, it very toxic

dont u need crushed rocks under the weedmat?

How does it all look now a couple of months on?

Hi has any weed grown thorough and update please

Weeds are going to be through that within a year need to use a thick plastic tarp material that black stuff is useless

How much area did you cover and how much did it cost you

How much ground does a 20kg of stones cover

Hi.. is it ok to do it on grass?

What was the cost please ,thankyou .

I have a question are you single ...

Weed membrane don't work , weeds stil get through