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  • #1

    boggy ground

    Hi,

    sorry i havent been on for a while we had no net for a couple of weeks.

    anyway,
    i dont know if i'm on the right bit of the forum but feel free to move it to a more appropriate area if necessary.

    the entrance to my lottie is very boggy grass as i have to pass between two other plots and there is a water tap there.

    has anyone any ideas on anything i can put down to help this area and make it easier to walk on?

    thanks
    Linda xxx
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    Steppy stones?
    My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
    to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

    Diversify & prosper


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    • #3
      Befriend a tree surgeon and get a lorry load of shredded bushes/trees.

      Use some on the boggy bit, use some in paths, compost, bottom of bean trench etc.

      PS Are you sure that the tap or its pipe are NOT leaking?
      Last edited by Peter; 10-02-2009, 09:26 PM.
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      • #4
        Hi,
        thanks for that,

        Peter,
        the tap is on the main path between 5 other plots, not sure if the pipe runs directly under the area i go on too.

        i did think about bark chippings but that could prove expensive. i hope as the weather improves it will improve and dry out abit...
        Linda xxx

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        • #5
          How about a few bags of chippings
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          • #6
            Originally posted by Elliesmummy View Post
            ...i did think about bark chippings but that could prove expensive.....
            Err, as I said, befriend a tree surgeon, one of my plot neighbours is a tree surgeon and I admired the rotted shreddings he was adding to the clay and just "let slip" how I could really do with some of that and a few days later an unrotted transit pickup load appeared on the end of my plot, free.
            Last edited by Peter; 23-02-2009, 10:25 PM.
            Always thank people who have helped you immediately, as they may not be around to thank later.
            Visit my blog at http://podsplot.blogspot.com/ - Updated 18th October 2009
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            • #7
              Elliesmummy
              The area around my shed is absolutely treacherous, thick clay mud that seems to swallow anything I put down, gravel, wooden paving slabs, broken pots, stones, bricks... I suppose one day it will have its fill but until then its slip and slide and praying for Spring.
              Eventually, and it's the last major job to do, I'll put down ground cover then a heavy layer of bark chippings like the rest of the allotment paths which does seem to alleviate the problem. But got to move three compost heaps to do it so at least one more winter of slipping and sliding I suspect.
              Sue

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              • #8
                I think that Peter had the right idea when he asked if the pipes were leaking...I'd definitely get that inspected/sorted out as you will be fighting a losing battle (and anyway you'll all be paying for the wastage?)

                Rubble is the better (although admittedly more cumbersome) option. I find that shavings eventually just make the problem worse.

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