Stoney Ground

[Flummery]

Dry mix? - cement?

s and d are together on the keyboard. I do it meself!

[LostthePlot]

I leave stones in my beds as I heard one wise old bloke say that they help to keep heat in the beds after a day in the sun and so with this in mind this is how I justify not bothering to remove them.

[Two_Sheds]

I leave stones in my beds as I heard one wise old bloke say that they help to keep heat in the beds after a day in the sun and so with this in mind this is how I justify not bothering to remove them.

I was told this too. However, do the stones feel hot like they've kept the heat in? No.
so I take mine out and put them in the lane for a path

[Alice]

Thanks Flummery. So do I just put cement over the stones to make a path, or is it a mix of somekind.
I ask because we had some pot holes filled in recently. The holes were filled in with hard core and some kind of mix put over the top (kind of yellow colour). It's worked a treat so would like to know what the mix is.

[Paulottie]

No, Alice i'd say that unless you put several inches of concrete over your compacted rubble it will break up in the frost. I imagine yellow stuff was what we call 'hoggins' in this neck of the wood. It comes in several shades- pinkish usually here. Wish I could remember a more universal name for it. it's like shayle or stone and dry clay mixture and can be compacted as suface to recieve paving etc. Sorry i'm a woodworker but that is the gist of it.

[TPeers]

Sorry i'm a woodworker but that is the gist of it.

I'm feeling curious - the heat today no doubt. What sort of woodworking do you do? TOH is a woodturner, associated with East Surrey Woodturners. I know you are a fair distance from here but are you also a turner?