Small stones scattered by little children

corblimey

The small kids in my neighbourhood seem to take great delights in chucking handfuls of the small stones I've got in my front garden around the place. I've never caught them, but each evening I come home, there's more and more lying around. I also suspect they're taking them and just chucking them in the drain which doesn't seem like a great idea either.

Short of removing them and putting cement down (or something else, I ain't going back to lawn), any ideas for how to keep them in place? I guess some sort of barrier would work, so I'd go for shrubbery before I'd go for a big wall, but I'm open to suggestion.

(I was also looking at something like this, but I'm not sure I want to go that far)

jrby

this would help keep them away

looksee

My own grandchildren re-distribute the pebbles in my garden...seems to be a thing with kids and pebbles

Rubberchikken

if you knew the kids parents you could mention that there might be 'stuff' on the stones that the kids might be getting on their hands - dog/cat wee/poo, people spitting etc.
i know kids seem facinated by stones, my own too at one time.

bricks would be a good replacement. easy to put down and look nice.

corblimey

jrby wrote: »

this would help keep them away

The kids around here would just end up throwing that into the road aswell.

looksee wrote: »

My own grandchildren re-distribute the pebbles in my garden...seems to be a thing with kids and pebbles

It's when they redistribute them into the drain and all over the road where I'm getting worried.

Call me Al

Are you sure it's kids?
I say that because I've seen crows routing through the tiny pebbles in my garden on more than one occasion, and making quite a mess in the process. They get into the chip bark too.

Nekarsulm

corblimey wrote: »

The kids around here would just end up throwing that into the road aswell.



It's when they redistribute them into the drain and all over the road where I'm getting worried.

Cheapie trail camera and find out what is actually happening.

Lex Luthor

dont think it can be avoided, small stones and kids go together like Homer Simpson and doughnuts. You're going to just have to live with it or take them up & replace them

endacl

Lex Luthor wrote: »

dont think it can be avoided, small stones and kids go together like Homer Simpson and doughnuts. You're going to just have to live with it or take them up & replace them

The stones, or the kids?!?

Red Hare

One of my neighbours had problems with kids throwing pebbles. They replaced it with Mulch about three years ago - no problem since

corblimey

Mulch is the kind of 'bark'-y stuff, right? That's an idea, no fun throwing that stuff around, it has no heft.