On Sat, 11 Jun 2011 10:38:51 +0100, Andrew Mawson wrote:

A good dose of Roundup or similar Glyphoste product twice or three
times a year will do it.

Don't like using chemicals and glyphosate will kill the surrounding
plants as well. To much faff keeping it off them and going round a
few times a year compared to a single round of pulling.

Gravel just needs to be raked over every so often to keep clear of
weeds. If you have gravel and want it to be weed free you have to put
the labour in. If I had a large expanse of gravel think I'd get a
wheeled, paraffin fired, burner. It'll do for anything growing and
any seeds lying about as well, not to mention being fun. B-)

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Cheers
Dave.