Pea gravel

What? Pea gravel?

Yes. Pea gravel. It is what I have in my driveway and it works quite nicely.

Concrete lasts for about 25 years and then one has to break it up and replace it. Asphalt lasts about 15 or 20 before it needs to be replaces.

A pea gravel driveway lasts forever if you are willing to spread a truckload of fresh pea gravel on it every few years and spread it out. It doesn't take too long to spread it out, either because unlike the normal crushed limestone a lot of other people use, pea gravel can easily be moved with a shovel.

I just finished recoveering the driveway and it's kind of puffy because when you walk across it you sink into the thick layer. Someone said I put down too much gravel but he's wrong.

If you don't put down too much gravel you have not put down enough. It doesn't take too long for foot and vehicular traffic to tamp it all down.

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