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...Le Dune was the whispered-about Shangri-La I never quite made it to: a cult hotel far down a gravel road, with simple, sun-filled accommodations, fresh food and gem-hued seas; the windsurfer’s and solitude-seeker...
...Sales of sand and gravel extracted in the US for industrial purposes rose 78 per cent in value last year, well above the 30 per cent rise in volumes, according to the US survey....
...The gravel remains damp deeper down, retaining moisture on its outer coating. It is not a rich fertiliser....
...After lunch we drive on, getting stuck at one point before the driver guns the four-by-four up the loose gravel surface....
...The soil mix is 30 per cent existing soil, 45 per cent fine sand, 10 per cent fine gravel and 15 per cent compost. The rain garden is a success....
...with Local Works Studio to concoct wood stains and finishes using ingredients from the surroundings: linseed oil, rye flower and natural pigments for the green wood stain; clay from the soil mixed with sand...
...A white and crusty stack of a sculpture has handfuls of gravel stuck in the otherwise shiny glaze....
...The eerie dereliction of post-industrial plots has inspired designers such as Sarah Price, who won a gold medal at the 2018 RHS Chelsea Flower Show after planting into sand, silt, gravel and clay; and Paul...
...It takes a new level of focus to navigate deep sand or hours on large, loose gravel....
...Lorries laden with sand and gravel speed down highways, pick-up trucks haul trailers carrying shining new diggers and SUVs cart diesel engines and coils of piping....
...Taiwan imported 5.7mn metric tons of sand and gravel in 2020, with more than 90 per cent coming from China. Natural sand made up 8 per cent of the total, according to government statistics....
...Caroline Eden’s books include ‘Black Sea’ and ‘Red Sands’ (Quadrille). Doubles at the Radisson Blu Iveria Tbilisi cost from about £125....
...The price of aggregates — which includes sand, gravel and concrete — surged 63.2 per cent in the year to July, while the cost of concrete reinforcing bars rose 37.8 per cent....
...That night, our last, Soulimane made taguella, a traditional Tuareg bread, baked in the sand beneath a bed of embers....
...China accounts for 58 per cent of global sand and gravel demand, according to UNEP data....
...The Rheinstrand Rheindiebach is a small patch of sand on the west bank of the river, smack bang in the middle of wine country....
...Energy wealth in the 20th century made concrete — a mix of cement, water, sand and gravel — plentiful and cheap....
...We wheel our bikes on to the golden beaches at Camber Sands, where we have an ice cream and a chilly dip....
...After college, Villar quit an accounting job to become a full-time entrepreneur, supplying seafood to restaurants as well as selling gravel and sand, which introduced him to real estate, the sector that...
...In countries with warmer climates, rammed earth (a mixture of aggregates such as gravel, sand, silt and clay pushed into formwork to create walls) is also a focus of experimentation....
...On Gravel Island National Wildlife Refuge, there were 391 active Caspian tern nests in early June this year. Two weeks later, only one active nest remained....
...“China only procures sand and gravel locally for construction projects,” said Nasir Sohrabi, president of Gwadar’s Rural Community Development Council....
...and gravel, and planted drought-tolerant perennials and grasses....
...The estate was never built; the road — now gravel and mud — is the principal cycle route on the heath, and the viaduct dreamily traverses nothing more than a green duck pond....
...The late gardener and writer Beth Chatto bedded out Agave americana in her gravel garden and overwintered them in a greenhouse....
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