This is a question that I'm really not sure how to ask. I live along a road that is maintained by the State of Pennsylvania. Along my property line, which is actually right-of-way, there is now a gutter from rain runoff. When there's a heavy downpour the rain comes rushing down the grade and has washed out a good part of the yard and formed a gutter, which at some places is nearly a foot deep. When I would run my riding mower along it I was afraid I would slip into the ditch. I called PennDot last fall and the road maintenance supervisor told me he would see what he could do, but now 8 months later I have heard or seen nothing. Lately I have been putting a bunch of rocks in the ditch so I can at least ride over the area without slipping in. My question (finally) is would it be wise if I add cement to the rocks to make it more stable? I would do it by buying the bags of ready mix and little by little try to fill it in. Any suggestions or ideas would be great. Thanks.

Hello all. I'm in a need of advice In my back yard there is an old patio that was covered with a sand bedding and smaller pavers we placed on top. That was a very old job. These big "base" pavers seem to be very solid and, except the corners that sunk a little, is seems pretty leveled. My thought is: [list] [*]to lift the corners, put some compacted gravel under and put them back to level them with the rest of the existing large stones. [*]put a 1-1 1/2 inch bed of sand on top [*]add edging around [*]put pavers on top of the sand [/list] I really don't want to replace the big stones with a new gravel base. Do you think this will work? (I saw earlier post where the guy had a concrete slab underneath, in my case I have individual stones) Do I need to dig around the "base" and fill it with compacted gravel to be able to hammer down the edging stakes? Or it can be placed directly into the soil? Thank you!