By Squeek
Staffordshire,
United Kingdom 
I really want to have a lawn in my garden. Its currently gravelled, paved and a concrete area, I gravelled it because we have 3 dogs so if I do lay a lawn it will have to be REALLY hardwearing. I was hoping to find a grass that would grow on a minimal amount of soil as underneath the gravel is MOT road stone (builders hardcore) and I thought that if the 3 terrors did decide to dig, they wouldn’t get far. My fiancé gives me free rein in the garden but I know she won’t be happy if I do lay a lawn and it turns to a bog with 3 muddy dogs. Anyone’s advice and/or comments will be most welcomed. Thank you for your time.
28 Mar, 2010
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MG's right, you will need to remove the hardcore for a lawn. The hardest wearing lawn grass is one with a high rye content, so something like Playlawn or similar, but dogs and good lawns don't really go together.
28 Mar, 2010
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Hi Squeek and welcome to GoY, ou can't lay a lawn on road stone and expect it to a) grow well b) not get waterlogged. A lawn, just like any other growing thing needs drainage. Think what is going to happen when it rains... You will need to remove the road stone or settle for not having a lawn - with three terriers I would suggest the later is probably the easier option, especially if you consider that when they pee on the lawn it will turn the grass yellow!
28 Mar, 2010