How Do You Reclaim A Section Of Gravel Driveway For Grassy Yard Space?
After an addition to our house we had an area of gravel driveway that really felt like it would be better as yard. I could picture it covered in grass and making a useful area instead of gravel. Our cars didn’t pull up as far to cover this area anymore after the remodeling and it just seemed as though it would make a nice buffer from our driveway and also give us a bit more usable area for the yard. The first thing we needed to do was remove the gravel that was on the area we wanted to convert. We used a rake for this. This was not your typical lawn grass rake, but one with solid metal teeth (not flexible) and they were closely spaced. We loaded the gravel into the wheelbarrow and carted it out into the driveway to spread out. Keep excavating the gravel with the shovel until you’ve started to find “just soil” or until you’ve gone down two inches. If you’re still finding gravel after two inches worth of scraping that’s okay. Depending on your plans for the grassy area you may want to ex
