"Gareth" wrote in message ...

I need to place an anti weed ground sheet on a gravel path. Weeds are
growing through.

Would I need to remove the existing gravel before putting the sheet down or
could I put a sheet over the existing gravel and then put gravel on top of
that?

Thanks for the replies.

I'm not keen on using weed killer - partly because the path is so close to
where children play and so on. Also I don't want weed killer seeping in to a
small garden where lettuce plants are grown.

That said I fear that the weeds are so bad that I'm going to have to use
some sort of chemical. It's not just the thistles which I guess I could get
rid of with a bit of hard work but also weeds which grow close to the ground
and which can't really be pulled up.

I was very naive about gravel and just assumed that weeds would not be able
to grow on gravel! I see that weeds even manage to grow on tarmac and
occasionally even stone paths where there is even a small crack in the
stone.

Fwiw, this "feature" is even advertised - Patch Magic (grass seed) claims on
the packet that it will even grow on concrete!



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