Weed suppressant

Julia and I laid an expanse of this black stuff before covering it in 'astroturf' asit used to be known as.
She has also got a large swimming pool to put up. It's one of those that stands on the ground rather than sunk into it. Hoping to get that up tomorrow. We've laid the base of grey levelling grit for it. You can just see part of it at the bottom of the photo.