This photo shows how I quarried gravel for the maple tree project. There was about three inches of loose, clean gravel in the area of the shovel marks. This patio is composed of about ten yards of screenings. I was generous with my order for Mr. McCowan of screenings for this very reason. Some water and a rake will bring another crop of gravel.I calculate that I can remove at least 2" off the top over time and still have a sufficient base. I foresee this area, in it's more permanent form, to be covered with pavers of some sort. My thinking is that with all the raking and messing with the screening base, it will become more level and settled. After some time it will be a fabulous base for a top treatment that is more solid, more clean. While the rest of the landscape is developing, this remains fluid, and that is what I wanted.
There was some petrified cat poop mixed in with the gravel. The cats expressed a little displeasure towards me for taking away their gravel litter.
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