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    Ground preparations for a beehive

    Predictive text sometimes! 😉
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    Ground preparations for a beehive

    Assume that is putting a slope of mortar around the paving stone that would certainly help, never heard of hornch 😊, the gravel will move i suspect.
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    Ground preparations for a beehive

    Wi Will be applying the garden turf👍, sounds like a good solution to stabilise the pebbles
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    Ground preparations for a beehive

    Not to bad water wise, would call it damp in winter with no pools of water, small and big trees sit further back (sycamore) but not overhanging over where the hive/s can sit. Thanks for explaining and the ground membrane is a good price 👍 Thank you, received some great tips, after looking...
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    Ground preparations for a beehive

    Have sorry still getting used to using the forum ! Thanks but unfortunately not able to see your message anywhere in the links but still getting used to the forum, still on nvq level 1 with this forum, will it show in general follow up/responses or a separate message?
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    Ground preparations for a beehive

    Thanks for the photo, your stands look good. Less chance of a trip hazard with just 1 slab, with a thin layer of gravel do you have any problems with ground membrane?
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    Ground preparations for a beehive

    The location is at the bottom of a hill although flat where the hive will sit
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    Ground preparations for a beehive

    Your recommendations sound good but would planting around the flags creare flag movement on damp soil ?
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    Ground preparations for a beehive

    The weed membrane would be covered but the soil is ok for planting although a little wet requiring some stable ground underneath for a hive, my concern would be trip hazards if the flags were on the surface. How could the ground be made stable with planting? Weed killers were applied a...
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    Ground preparations for a beehive

    Plans are to use weed free fabric with paving stones that are available FOC with gravel on top. Are there any gravels sizes that will work better than others please ? And can gravel with a coating on that has some resistance to moss be used
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