I wanted to show everyone especially Twitcher (who gave me the great surgical notes) what happened to the semp that looked so bad at the beginning of this thread.
I also wanted to say thank you all i couldn't have done it without you!!
As for the pebbles,i am going to have to wait until spring to complete that project,the leaves are falling faster than i work.For anyone who like me has trouble with your hands,i managed to get pea pebbles under the semp's very easily using a small funnel it worked great.The pebbles were just big enough not to come pouring out and just small enough to come out when i put my finger on the funnel hole & pushed up.
and now