How to make it look half decent

[JamesAsus]

Due to the cost involved in terms of soil removal, skip hire, more gravel etc, i have decided to only make a channel for my car to park on.


Basically i have a rectangle area of soil next to a tarmaced drive and in order to fit another car on, one side of the cars tyres ends up on the soil creating a muddy mess, so my plan was, to cut a channel out where the tyres would drive on and do it that way, therefore less soil removal etc etc.

The only thing is, is how can i make it look at least half decent? On one side of the soil is a fence and the other side is tarmac with a concrete edging block, im wondering what or how it would be best to seperate the channel from the surrouding soil in terms of edging, and also what should i put on the surrounding soil to make it look presentable? Bark or something?

 

[Handymanjo]

You can lay these where you will drive over.you can then put grass seed in the soil,this will then grow back like a lawn and you can mower over the top with your lawn mower.You get a nice neat lawn.You will need a hard core base before you seed on top for good drainage.

 

[JamesAsus]

View attachment 104499 You can lay these where you will drive over.you can then put grass seed in the soil,this will then grow back like a lawn and you can mower over the top with your lawn mower.You get a nice neat lawn.You will need a hard core base before you seed on top for good drainage.

The car will be parked there most of the time so grass wont grow

 

[JohnD]

Unless you are the sort of person who goes to work every day in his car.

 

[JamesAsus]

Before you speak think about other options.

This is a second car i will be using on weekends, i have another car.

 

[Hugh Jaleak]

Use a wooden formwork and put a concrete strip in to park on, edging could form the other side of the shutter. Bark or gravel can tidy up the rest, lay a weed membrane first though, and any weeds that do sprout can be easily removed.

 

[JamesAsus]

Use a wooden formwork and put a concrete strip in to park on, edging could form the other side of the shutter. Bark or gravel can tidy up the rest, lay a weed membrane first though, and any weeds that do sprout can be easily removed.

Thank you this helps, with regards to the concrete strip though what do you mean? Slabs?

 

[Hugh Jaleak]

I'd personally lay some concrete, put some hardcore down and then a 4" thick layer of concrete. Depending on how much you need, either mix yourself, hire a mixer or if you need loads, readymix.

Wet concrete needs a shutter (or 'edge'), something to hold it in place. You can use the concrete edgings on the drive for one side, the a plank of wood the right height the other, remove when concrete has set and fill remaining gap with soil.