I have desert landscape in my front yard and want to put in a dry river bed. I have seen quite a few, however I don't know exactly the procedure for installing it. The rocks are rounded and leave gaps which will undoubtedly fill up with weeds. I have trenched for the river bed and need to finish this project ASAP. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Well this is a bit late,but I just joined this forum so you'll have to take what you can get I suppose.!st your going to need alot of river rock large rounded 2&1/2 to 3&1/2 round and 1"round and pea. Start w/ the large and make your skeleton along the sides and fill with other smaller rocks in like three different phases.
Working lg to small rock and placing some like they tumbled naturaly into the center of the bed.You need to make it look like it has a beggining point also. If you build it tight and fill the spaces with pea then you wont have as much weeds,also I use a heavy duty landscape fabric under. You say you have to finish?? You haven't yet begun. If all you've done is rototill out a ditch,the real work still awaits,you cant rush art,if you throw it together to get it done,it will look that way. Take your time this is not a progect for an impatient or hurried person to take on.That's all the secrets I'm giving out today!
