I have a dog run area fenced off next to the house. It’s approx 20’ x 7’. Right now it’s dirt with a little grass, but I want to put down landscape fabric with small stone on top. No grass to trim and no mud.
I’m thinking pea stone, which in my area averages about 3/8" to 1/2" in diameter. It’s river or creek stone and all rounded, no sharp edges.
Anybody using this or similar? I’ll add that the dog only uses the area when it’s early morning or late evening. He’s not out there all day. He gets to go for nice walks during the day when the weather’s good.
We have always used pea gravel and never had a problem with our dogs’ pads. Remember to go very deep- at least 2.5 feet down, 3 if you can. It helps so much with drainage and odor.
I know it’s a ton of gravel, but it’s worth it in the long run.
I appreciate the responses. I was thinking about 5" or so of rock. My wife cleans up the solids shortly after they are deposited, and as I said, he’s only out there when he can’t be walked because of weather or lack of opportunity. I’m sure not planning on going several feet deep!
The reason for the rock, from my point of view anyway, is to eliminate the grass trimming and mud.
I’m afraid that I’m going to take the easy way, but not always the best way, out. Going to level the ground and remove the existing grass and weeds. Then apply overlapping sections of landscaping fabric and add three or four inches of rock.
If I’d thought about it before adding the fence I could have used the box blade on the tractor to remove additional dirt.
So the last post before mine is over 3 years old??? I never go digging back in the old threads. The thread was near the top bolded like all the other current threads. I innocently added my 2 cents without looking at the date of the previous post. Did a post get deleted? Is there a bug that revives zombies?
Frankly I spend too much time here and have no need to dig up threads best left buried.
