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I dont like gravel (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I don't like gravel. That's it.

noisy
scatters all over the neighborhood.
hard to walk on
dogs and cats crap in it
kids chuck it around and put it in their mouth.
doesn't even look good.
difficult and heavy to remove once you have come to terms will all of the above.

Gravel advocates... explain your case for gravelling your garden/drive.

Gravel sceptics, feel free to share your distaste.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago

I don't have gravel, but I'm considering using some round the back of the house in a few places, whenever we get round to doing up the "garden".

Opportunist/casual burglars and thieves tend not to cross it because it's noisy, "Crunch, crunch, let's rob next door instead".
If you have weed-proof membrane under it, it's low maintenance.
You can plant things deliberately through it, which get water and grow happily, whilst being defended from weeds.
As long as you have a way of transporting the bags, it's petty easy to install by an amateur.
Allows soak-away of rain/flood water.
Durable and cheap to repair - no cracking from tree roots/weather, repair by pouring more stones in.
Doesn't become slippy/slimey/muddy with rain or flood.
Turns wheelie-bin day into an exciting all-terrain rally adventure :)

All the things you say are totally true though, it's just sometimes a case of weighing things up in your specific circumstances.