Owain wrote:
wrote:

and the gravel gets everywhere (especially now that we have
chickens who like nothing more than to scratch in the gravel!).

Remove gravel and replace with pebbles. Bear in mind the chickens will
then scratch elsewhere, which might be even less welcome.

We moved up to pebbles and the chickens left it alone for a while but
now they're scratching the pebbles out too.

I think one of the 'paving with holes in' or 'grass paving' solutions
at www.pavingexpert.com may be the answer.

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Chris Green