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[Kavalion]

I'm planning on covering the entire surface area of my embark site with above ground farms.  I have massive granaries to fill and dozens of serfs to scout for goblin ambushes and werewolves while picking sliver barbs.

However, there are all these pebbles in the way.  Is there an easy way to clear them?  Do I have to pave roads and deconstruct them, or something?

[Urist Imiknorris]

The only thing I can think of is to channel out the whole map.

[Kearn]

you mean stone?

or there's no soil on the ground?

[proxn_punkd]

OP means that there are patches of pebbles on the ground that prevent farm construction on those tiles.

[Shoku]

Pebbles are like boulders.

[Xenos]

If you build paved roads over the entire map then remove them will that get rid of pebbles and boulders?

[barconis]

If it's boulders, they can be smoothed, but you'll still end up with rock instead of soil, which can't be used for farms. If it's possible to muddy surface rock, you might be able to use it for farms after it's muddy, but I haven't tried that.

[barconis]

If you build paved roads over the entire map then remove them will that get rid of pebbles and boulders?

You can't build roads over boulders, as far as I know; unless you smooth them first, the road is built around them. (I think...)

[orbcontrolled]

Constructed floors would be my first bet. Constructing and removing a floor seems to change tiles back into to their base layer.

[Zaerosz]

Flood the world.

[languard]

I'd go with the channeling solution myself.  Unless channeling a boulder doesn't destroy it...hmm, gotta check that out now.

[Namfuak]

I'd go with the channeling solution myself.  Unless channeling a boulder doesn't destroy it...hmm, gotta check that out now.

If he channels the world, all the obstructions won't be channeled, but then they can be mined from underneath.

[schussel]

just smooth those boulders ..they will be gone .. but the ground may be unusable

[Quietust]

Building a construction over a boulder and then removing it will leave a patch of rough stone. If you add mud to it, though, you'll be able to farm on it without any problems - I've done this in several forts and it's always worked nicely.

[Drakeero]

For some reason I always had a great deal of trouble starting farms above ground.  The only valid farm plots were pretty much "grass".  If the dirt was sandy from being walked on too much the farm plot wouldn't build on it.