Questions about crushed stone in my driveway?

Question

we currently have a asphalt driveway but off to one side of it there's just dirt. i want to put crushed 3/8" stone on this side. it rarely gets any traffic so i don't think we need some kind of compression layer or underlayment like sand/gravel...well that's what the people said at the stone place we i asked them. is that correct? should i put some kind of plastic to stop grass and weed from growing? what are some things i need to do to get it ready?

Answer 1

get a good compacting stone it will seal the edges and prevent small cracks from developing and you can put weed block down  or do what I like to do put topsoil on edges and plant grass

Answer 2

you can put down plastic if you want to. But the grass will grow to some extent anyway

Answer 3

use black vinyl for the base. first layer of stone use a large diameter stone, pack down then add a top layer of small stone.