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I think a lot depends on what the drainage is like where you live, here where i am it is on a man created island and the drainage is so good you are lucky to be able to water your garden properly. <br /> <br /> <br />I just put crusher fines down no digging no nothing. <br /> <br />As we get monsoonal downpours we put down decrotive gravel as finishing ballast sprinkle cement (not concrete powder and water it in. Sets well and it runs great no trouble at all. <br /> <br />We have several embankment and we do the same there but with a slightly different emphasis on stones and gravel, and cementing the whole thing together. <br /> <br />Where i do have short term draingae or wash away problems, I dig a small pit and fill it with stomes and run some electrical conduit to it, so creating a drainage pit and the whole thing works for me. <br /> <br />The ballast i use initially, is crusher fines or Quarry fines as it is known in some places very cheap they nearly pay you to take it away, in fact the bag you put it in is more expensive than the fines, so reuse your bags. <br /> <br /> <br />Rgs <br /> <br /> <br />Kawana Ian.
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