Ogema - I guess you were asking me the ? but Stu and Badger supplied the answers. I learned the screen trick on this forum from guys like Stu, Badger, Maya and some others. I only followed their advice for my own plantings and it WORKS !!! The landscape staples are a good idea to hold the screen down to the ground. I just pile the limestone up around the base of the screen then so all the stone is at a depth of 3 to 4". Badger's pic shows the finished product, except mine has stone all around covering the landscape cloth. Each guy has his own particular situation. Some can get away with straw, wood chip mulch, etc., but I need to use stone where my camp is. Rodents can't eat it, nest in it, or tunnel thru it. Weeds don't like it much either. This forum is great for getting several points of view on topics and lots of first-hand experience. That's how I came to try the method I now use - because of the good gents on here. Priceless resource.:)