The Gardening thread.....

[CageyH]

I have a week off next week. Time to attack the garden and get it looking tidy.

[walpurgis]

I have just pressured washed my block paving

Common mistake.

Properly laid, block paving has the gaps between blocks filled with kiln dried fine sand to prevent movement. Pressure cleaning blows it out.

Yes, I know standard blocks have spacing 'pips', but the sand is still necessary.

[andyrlb]

Common mistake.

Properly laid, block paving has the gaps between blocks filled with kiln dried fine sand to prevent movement. Pressure cleaning blows it out.

Yes, I know standard blocks have spacing 'pips', but the sand is still necessary.

Yep it sure is


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[guy]

They were properly laid - did it myself hardcore then sand whacker plated down. Kiln dried sand brushed between the gaps, bloody grass and weeds still started growing in the gaps.
Been pressure washed a couple of times a year for the last three years - no movement Although I find it hard too see where they could move to as I cemented the outer blocks in to place.

[walpurgis]

Done a bit myself. I designed and had re-laid many well known shopping centres, hundreds of thousands of square metres!

Unlike most who oversee this kind of work, I actually served the apprenticship and qualified as a mason pavior in the dim and distant past

[guy]

Just the man then - could you tell me where they are going to move to, given that all outside edges are fixed

[Covenant]

Thanks fo all the advice. I agree about power washing blowing out the sand and causing weeds. The one time I did it the water bill nearly gace me a heart attack but I did the driveway, sides and patio over a weekend. I put more sand down but really you need to hire a plate vibrator to get it right down between the pavers.
Grant, I would probably buy turf and try to get it level with the surrounding paving. I suppose I need to put about 50mm of soil underneath so it will depend on the amount of sand and gravel beneath.

[InThe Sticks]

Finally got round to digging up my old herb garden in readiness to be planted with creeping Phlox and creeping Thyme.
Sadly the box hedge has suffered a bit over the winter, but it’s on the mend now.

Before..



And after..

[guy]

Excellent work - is the plan to put herbs in pots on the slabs?

[InThe Sticks]

Not really sure, but if i'm honest i only put the pavers back in because i didn't have enough gravel to cover the ground.
The Phlox and Thyme will cover most of them i imagine.