Grass transition

[mass_burner]

Okay, I've got grsss-to-mulch and concrete-to-pea stone convered, but what is a good technique for pea stone-to- grass?

 

[johneh]

A lot of hard work !!

 

[Adios Pantalones]

Do you mean edging between them, or converting one to the other?

 

[billb3]

middle-earth wizardry ?

 

[mass_burner]

Do you mean edging between them, or converting one to the other?

I mean stopping the grass from growing into /over the pea gravel. The trick is an air gap, but it's hard to create one with gravel.

 

[Warm_in_NH]

Round-up. Or a vinegar water soap mix to kill the encroaching vegetation every so often.

 

[mass_burner]

Round-up. Or a vinegar water soap mix to kill the encroaching vegetation every so often.

Using round up on the edge of the grass makes brown grass that still has roots.

 

[Warm_in_NH]

Been working fine for me for years. Brown grass can easily be picked up and discarded leaving just stone.

 

[Adios Pantalones]

I would start by cutting a deep edge at the transition so that you have a deep gravel base- maybe even a couple inches of sand or crushed stone at the bottom. The big issue with stone is that over years, dirt will build up there by natural processes and then seeds can take root (in fact, at that point, they settle down between the stones, which act as a mulch of sorts). This is one of the reasons that landscape fabric is really not a long-term solution.

 

[mass_burner]

I would start by cutting a deep edge at the transition so that you have a deep gravel base- maybe even a couple inches of sand or crushed stone at the bottom. The big issue with stone is that over years, dirt will build up there by natural processes and then seeds can take root (in fact, at that point, they settle down between the stones, which act as a mulch of sorts). This is one of the reasons that landscape fabric is really not a long-term solution.

I'm not so much concerned with weeds/grass growing up from beneath or in the gravel. I'm concerned with the grass/weeds spreading into the gravel. And with gravel, there's no edge void to put a string edger in.

 

[Warm_in_NH]

Use the gravel as a base to pour concrete onto!

 

[mass_burner]

Looks like I'll have to add a course of bricks to separate the grass and gravel. They have some ok looking gray cement brick. Anyone use that metal edging with spike stuff?

 

[billb3]

I've used the stainless steel banding that is often used along the edge of patio bricks to keep rhizome grass and weeds out.
It works well.

I've used plastic band and it pushes out of the ground with freeze-thaw cycles. As do 5/4 PT boards.

 

[mass_burner]

I've used the stainless steel banding that is often used along the edge of patio bricks to keep rhizome grass and weeds out.
It works well.

I've used plastic band and it pushes out of the ground with freeze-thaw cycles. As do 5/4 PT boards.

Stainless steel? How much does that cost?