Q & A – Garden Rock
Over the weekend we had 4 tons of gravel delivered to our property for our garden. We’ve had the chicken coop out in this space for a few years and it’s always felt like it was just a random building in a random place on our land. When we decided we wanted to do raised beds for a vegetable garden, Aaron came up with this idea! He said we should put gravel around the chicken coop and make a mini farm in that area. It created such an awesome space on our land!
Like many other people, I really didn’t know much about rock but I’ve learned a few things over this process. Many people on Instagram asked questions about this process so we thought we could do a little Q&A!
Here’s a few Q & A’s we’ve gotten about the whole process!
Q – How much did it cost?
A – $290 including the delivery fee
Q – How much did we order?
A – We actually meant to order 3 tons, but when they loaded the truck it ended up being 4 tons and we said we’d take it! We have lots of use for gravel around our property.
Q – Did we use it all in the garden space?
A – Nope! We only used about 2 tons in the garden. We are glad for the extra to spread out beside the deck on the side of our house.
Q – Why did we put a black tarp down?
A – That’s a weed barrier landscape fabric. It will help prevent grass from growing up through through the gravel.
Q – What brand weed barrier did we use?
Q – How thick did we lay the rock?
A – About 3 inches thick.
Q – Did we put drainage underneath?
A – We didn’t. The particular area we put the garden is actually on a slight slope that allows it to drain naturally!
Q – Can we walk on it barefoot?
A – Honestly, I haven’t tried yet. But the rock is mostly rounded, so as long as you have those tough barefoot walkin’ feet, it should be fine!
Q – What kind of rock did we get?
A – We went with white pea gravel. I think that the color, size, and shape of the rock just fits our garden area perfect!
4 Comments
Terri
Good blog about your weekend project! I love rock you and Aaron picked and I really like how you put it all together with the flower boxes and chicken coop!
Sending hugs and love to all of you at the Bowman House!
Karlee Bowman
Aww, Terri! Thank you! I’m so glad you like it. Thank you for reading my blog post.
Cat
Great Q&A. Would like to see more photos of the finished rock area!
Karlee Bowman
Thank you!!