![]() ![]() We used scissors to cut the fabric to fit around the curves of the landscaping and to cut around any trees or plants. ![]() We used the big rocks to hold down the fabric and in the areas where there weren’t rocks, we used fabric clips inserted into the ground. This serves multiple purposes: it will keep weeds from coming up through the rocks and it gives a black surface for the rocks to be laid on so any spaces or holes won’t be as noticeable. Once we got the layer of red mulch up from all of the beds and edging around the tree beds, we could lay the weed barrier down. ![]() We have an empty area behind our house so after shoveling up the mulch and putting it into the wheel barrow and dumping it there.īefore laying the rocks down, we used landscaping edging around the borders of the three tree beds that don’t have bigger rocks to keep the black granite rocks contained. We weren’t concerned with getting it all up because we’ll be covering it with a black weed barrier before laying the rocks so it won’t be visible, but we wanted to remove enough to have an even surface for the rocks. We started by shoveling up the first layer of the red mulch. We dumped it on our driveway and will use a shovel and wheel barrow to move them around the yard to the areas they are needed. We ordered from a local mulch supply store in our area and used my brother’s dump truck to get it to our house. We definitely underestimated the amount of rocks we would need for this job but we wanted to be conservative with the amount of rocks we ordered because we’d rather have to go back for more than have too much left over. Even though it’s quite expensive and requires a lot of work initially, these rocks won’t need to be replaced every couple of years like mulch and the upkeep is very minimal. While our choice for replacing the red mulch with black granite rocks isn’t the most common or cheap option, it was the right choice for us. The inside of the home was our biggest priority so we started there and then we needed to wait until the weather warmed up, but I couldn’t wait until once we were able to tackle this project. When we bought our 1970s fixer upper, all of the landscaping had red mulch and I hated it. ![]()
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