Tiki Garden Makeover

Today's project was getting rid of that nasty pea gravel and the ugly scallop border. Here's what I did and how you can get rid of garden gravel.

I used ground clear on some problem weed areas and covered all the pea gravel with weed block fabric. I didn't stake the fabric into the ground because the mulch will hold it in place. It took 10 bags of pine bark to make a 4-6 inch layer in this area. I chose not to use any type of barrier between the grass and mulch because our lawn guy does a fairly decent job of edging the border.

I planted the eureka lemon and gave it a nice well of dirt at the drip line.

Here are my issues with pea gravel:

You can't walk on it barefoot
When you do walk on it, the gravel sticks to your feet
The dog digs holes to the sand, then weeds grow in the holes
It messes up the lawn mower (not really MY problem)
It is rather ugly
It was the only pea gravel in the whole yard, so i looked out of place

I even took a dip in the 90 pool after the project. I can't believe it's May and the pool is already 90!!!