What is under the stones?
Last year I laid out cardboard to clear the underlying grass and weeds. This year I tilled that up and flattened the earth, added about 1.5" (3.81 cm) of levelling sand and tamped that down to compact it. On top of the sand I did a layer of pine bark mulch to doubly prevent weeds and promote moss growth between the stones (moss likes acidic surfaces). I think I’ll put some more mulch and sand down and sweep it into the cracks when I have the rocks all fitted together a little tighter.
“…about 3.81 cm” is amusingly contradictory - that’s an oddly specific measurement. Still, I genuinely appreciate you doing the conversion for us.
Good catch! haha
I refuse to believe that OP was not down there with a ruler and magnifying glass to ensure accuracy.
It’s the only possible explanation
This got me laughing way more than it should
I’m going to try mulching between our stones to promote moss growth
My partner has been collecting rocks and we’ve been building fun garden rock paths.
I wanted to use cedar for the smell but it seems the oils in cedar prevent moss growth. Pine does double duty in weed prevention and raising acidity. You could use sphagnum moss but that might end up encouraging mold.
Of course one could trest it like a terrarium/paludarium and put springtails in your greenhouse.
Uh-oh. I might have just added a lot more work to my plate. We were already planning on a container pond but maybe now we’ll make it a full on mini-ecosystem in there.
GIANT ISOPOD TERRARIUM
Want.
Nice
Thanks. We’ll see in a year or so how well my plan works.
I’m also curious about this. I have a lot of outdoor projects similar to this coming up later this summer and I’ve never done pavers!
Sir, this is a dull mens club. Please see yourself out.
Is it level? Or supposed to be?
The beams that the greenhouse will attach to are level, well the one in back needs another support in the middle to level it out. The floor is more like cobblestone; mostly level but the asymmetry of the stone I used (English cottage stone) is irregular so and so it isn’t level level.
Roger Roger
Not dull at all! This is very cool!
Thanks!
Moving rocks is an under recognized part of gardening, great work!
We have literal tons of rocks we’ve added. 12 or so boulders ranging from 50 to 1,200 lbs (22.6796 - 544.3108 kg) and besides thr pallet I used here we’ve had 3 others of different flagstones and several cubic yards (same imperial and metric, wow) of various sized gravel/river rocks.
We love our rocks.
I know it’s simple. But getting things level or straight has always been hard for me. I did get a laser level for hanging pictures, and I think that is relatively idiot proof. However you have to get a good stand for it - holding it in your hand in a wall just gives wobbly lines.
I used a line level to get the paver supports level, then a 48" (121.92 cm) level on the beams to make adjustments. Still some minor spots to shore up but the beams being level is the main thing as that is what the greenhouse will attach to.
Fill in the cracks with dirt and seed with clover!
Thanks!
Lookin sweet!
