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Can I put the cat among the pigeons and suggest weedkiller for paths!
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Originally posted by bikermike View PostYou are not wrong there.
(I was hoping you would suggest making the path out of lemonade cans...
I did once see a plot where someone had edged a bed in wine bottles. I really hope I couldn't manage that - 8.2 linear metres of edging per bed. Assume 10cm diameter of wine bottle - 82 bottles/bed. I've got 10 beds in the new half plus another 3 of the same size in the old bit (and 5 more of miscellaneous sizes). Assume they are all the same, and that's 18 beds = 180 bottles = 135 litres of wine... or three years if you drank a bottle every week)
I used weed suppressant and wood chip on some of my paths OMG!! Lesson learnt....took me forever to remove I now use card/lots of damp newspapers to line my paths and then wood chip on top. I don't use plastic cos I find it slippery if I don't have enough covering on them.
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For paths, I re-used some of the carpet that I dug up out of the first plot, and laid them just as paths, with lots of woodchip on top. The woodchip is free and readily available on the site, so I am planning on scraping the paths off in the winter and lay new fresh woodchip. Some weeds have grown in them but they've been easily pulled up.
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Originally posted by bikermike View PostI did once see a plot where someone had edged a bed in wine bottles.
https://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gr...bed_64162.htmlLast edited by veggiechicken; 19-09-2019, 03:42 PM.
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My paths are quarry tiles laid on the soil really I should have used something to stop the weeds coming through. That's a project Ive been putting of because it took me ages to get them flat and level.
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Originally posted by Baldy View Post*kill the mares tail* is easier said than done though...
(I was hoping you would suggest making the path out of lemonade cans...
I did once see a plot where someone had edged a bed in wine bottles. I really hope I couldn't manage that - 8.2 linear metres of edging per bed. Assume 10cm diameter of wine bottle - 82 bottles/bed. I've got 10 beds in the new half plus another 3 of the same size in the old bit (and 5 more of miscellaneous sizes). Assume they are all the same, and that's 18 beds = 180 bottles = 135 litres of wine... or three years if you drank a bottle every week)
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Kill the mares tail then use several layers of cardboard under the woodchip
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