Pea Gravel

[fft100]

Having completed the drainage pipes, stone filled the trench and edging bricks, I now want to fill the path with 10cm of pea gravel.

The usual gray gravel here is 'ok', but brownish or whitish pea gravel (see attachment) looks a lot more attractive. I have seen bags of 18kg for 109 baht, but I would like about 5 cu. Metres. Or more... I have asked around, but I have been told that this is natural Stone that comes from the Mekong and that shops here who sell it cannot get it loose but get it from wholesalers on Bangkok.

Is that right ? It sounds odd that stones like this cannot be sourced closer than 1000km (roughly) away.

Has anyone any experience or knowledge on this.

Thanks

[migrant]

Having completed the drainage pipes, stone filled the trench and edging bricks, I now want to fill the path with 10cm of pea gravel.

The usual gray gravel here is 'ok', but brownish or whitish pea gravel (see attachment) looks a lot more attractive. I have seen bags of 18kg for 109 baht, but I would like about 5 cu. Metres. Or more... I have asked around, but I have been told that this is natural Stone that comes from the Mekong and that shops here who sell it cannot get it loose but get it from wholesalers on Bangkok.

Is that right ? It sounds odd that stones like this cannot be sourced closer than 1000km (roughly) away.

Has anyone any experience or knowledge on this.

Thanks

The moo bahn we are staying at in Hua Hin has loads of that color, but the rocks vary from 25% to 100 % the size of my fist (which is fairly large). If not too big I can ask around, many original residents here still.

[deepee]

Couple years back the local garden center told me that river stone mining was now banned on environmental grounds.