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quixoticgeek
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earthyvirgo
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onemanband
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wellington womble
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earthyvirgo
Joined: 24 Aug 2007 Posts: 7972 Location: creating prints in the loft, Gerlan
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onemanband
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Graham Hyde
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onemanband
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happytechie
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wellington womble
Joined: 08 Nov 2004 Posts: 15051 Location: East Midlands
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I’m still trying to puzzle out an ideal combination of paths and beds. Here, I’ve got raised beds of paving slabs with proper slabbed paths. It’s makes such a difference to be able to walk around on a proper path. The beds are rubbish, though (too low, too wide and falling down. No possibility of repair) And the concrete pavers aren’t exactly romantic. I’ve had weed suppressing membrane and wood chip (rotted and grew more weeds than the beds. Especially bindweed) and weed suppressing membrane and conswold chippings. (Better, but got mud all over and couldn’t be swept/pressure washed, also tough to walk on compared to a proper hard surface)
I’ve had scaffolding plank raised beds which rotted after a few years, and either restricted the length of the beds, or went at the joins. Also, digging/heavy duty weeding wasn’t good for them. I’ve had little mini walls which jut fell down (digging didn’t help)
I reckon the way forward for me is going to be either gravel boards or railway sleepers (well, old rafters as I have a huge pile of them) and then either ugly concrete pavers or Hoggin. All the National Trust trails and wot not use Hoggin, and it seems to work really well. It will need edging, and I’ll need to get someone in with a compressor thingy, but I have to do a driveway anyway, and I think it would be worth it for solid paths underfoot. I hate sliding around in the mud all the time. |
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Mistress Rose
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gz
Joined: 23 Jan 2009 Posts: 8792 Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
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wellington womble
Joined: 08 Nov 2004 Posts: 15051 Location: East Midlands
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Slim
Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Posts: 6594 Location: New England (In the US of A)
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