{"id":678,"date":"2023-09-01T14:12:35","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T13:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/andys-garden\/?p=678"},"modified":"2023-09-01T14:12:36","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T13:12:36","slug":"creating-a-weed-free-rockery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/andys-garden\/creating-a-weed-free-rockery\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating a weed free rockery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/andys-garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2023\/09\/rockery.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-679\" style=\"width:650px;height:405px\" width=\"650\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/andys-garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2023\/09\/rockery.jpg 650w, https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/andys-garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2023\/09\/rockery-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/andys-garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2023\/09\/rockery-520x324.jpg 520w, https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/andys-garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2023\/09\/rockery-320x199.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the drawbacks of creating a rockery is that it can be hard to weed. Weeds such as couch grass have established themselves under the rock and grow out from under the rocks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Installing a thin weed sheeting and covering it with gravel or bark mulch is an ideal way to solve this problem<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First, create the rockery placing the rocks or stones in the required positions then pick up the rocks or stones one at a time lay the weed sheeting and replace the rock back onto the sheeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once you have finished cover the area with gravel or rocks to cover the weed sheeting<br>You are best to use the thinner weed sheeting rather than the thicker woven landscape weed sheeting such as the Verve Beds &amp; Borders Landscaping fabric (W)1m (L)10m available from B and Q stores<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Planting can be carried out by cutting crosses in the weed sheeting and planting through the weed sheeting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the drawbacks of creating a rockery is that it can be hard to weed. Weeds such as couch grass have established themselves under the rock and grow out from under the rocks&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gardening-notes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/andys-garden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/andys-garden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/andys-garden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/andys-garden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/andys-garden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/andys-garden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/andys-garden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/andys-garden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/andys-garden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/andys-garden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}