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Allotment Stuff => The Basics => Topic started by: pigeonpie on March 13, 2007, 15:27:47
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I have moved to a new allotment and need to put paths in. What are people's recommendations for cheap, tidy paths?
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i used my old gareage if you phone a shop who sell gareages they might give you an old one as they have to pay to get rid of them a frend of mine did it after he saw my path very easy to lay as well
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Hi and welcome I have put paths in using aol pallets and other free wood I made them wide enough to kneel down in and then put down weed suppressant from pund land and then have topped with straw that came from the local stables
cost so far £3
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Some Councils are happy to give away wood chippings - on a user collects basis
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We have weed suppressing stuff with bark chippings on top, which we just top up when necessary. busy_lizzie
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Another vote for weed supressant layer and wood chips, with some pallet wood edging maybe.
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Straw, straw, straw!
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Get Wood chips from a local place like.... aspentreecare.net
Thats where I get mine in Glasgow as much as I want for free. Then just get some webbing from instore or somewher similar, at the moment its £2.99 for 1.5 metres by 10 metres.
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Thick newspaper (free weed suppressant) covered with rather coarse but free woodchips from local factory. Willow.
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Wood chips are better than planks. Slugs love planks! Slugs also like to lay eggs between wood borders and soil so keep soil away from the wood.
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another vote for weed membrane and wood chippings.
i get mine free from local tree surgen :-) who delivers
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Interesting about newspaper as free weed suppressant, I might just do that next time.
One advantage of having planks beside beds is that when you get to your plot you know where the slugs live. I just lift my planks and 'relocate' the slugs I find.
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What's a gareage?
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i used my old gareage if you phone a shop who sell gareages they might give you an old one as they have to pay to get rid of them a frend of mine did it after he saw my path very easy to lay as well
Hallo Sid .....what the heck is a GAREAGE ? Rohaise ::)
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I think he means garage :) Perhaps it's an old concrete one ?
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is that not a bit big for paths?
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Why buy membrane when you can use compost bags.
One bag cut down either side gives about 5-6ft of mebrane then cover with wood chippings.
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Problem I've found with compost bags is that they dont let water through so the woodchips just rot.
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look at this on our plot first piccy http://lottieblogs.co.uk/febweek3.aspx (http://lottieblogs.co.uk/febweek3.aspx) we put wooden planks down to make the paths, still quite cheap under £10 for the lot and will last and looks cool.
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I've also gone down the membrane & wood chips path :), but beware of the Poundland membrane, we put it down two weeks ago & the b*****d ground elder is already growing up through it - it really is a complete waste of time as we shall have to take it all up & put better quality stuff down.
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look at this on our plot first piccy http://lottieblogs.co.uk/febweek3.aspx (http://lottieblogs.co.uk/febweek3.aspx) we put wooden planks down to make the paths, still quite cheap under £10 for the lot and will last and looks cool.
I have done the same for the paths that branch off the main axis. The main axis is done with 3x2ft paving slabs. Also got some with smaller versions of railway sleepers
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look at this on our plot first piccy http://lottieblogs.co.uk/febweek3.aspx (http://lottieblogs.co.uk/febweek3.aspx) we put wooden planks down to make the paths, still quite cheap under £10 for the lot and will last and looks cool.
The plots looking great ruffmeister
;D
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I wonder if they get the petrol pumps in as well
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Marymary,
Don't panic.
Glysophate the upgrowth. Takes awhile, hit again & maybe again. You will win!
>:(
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I am beginning to think I'll have to resort to chemicals cos it really is trying to take over my whole world. Even found great tangles of it in my strawberry planter today - god i hate the stuff.
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I've used weed-suppressing fabric covered with 2ft paving slabs (luckily, I dug them up on my plot - they were hiding under the couchgrass).
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Marymary,
Don't panic.
Glysophate the upgrowth. Takes awhile, hit again & maybe again. You will win!
>:(
I bought a bottle of a ready-mixed spray in Tescos today & I'm going to spray every tiny leaf & make sure it just goes on the horrid stuff - this is war & I'm going to win. ;D ;D ;D
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apologies to Dan for linking to another site, but the search isn't working on here and I knew where to find Supersprouts suggestion for paths "over there".
http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/grapevine/showthread.php?t=3911&highlight=straw+paths (http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/grapevine/showthread.php?t=3911&highlight=straw+paths)
a few posts down on this thread gives you an SS path !!
;D
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I have followed in SS footsteps and my paths will be made of newspaper and straw or wood chippings
they are loking good although the first couple i put down weed membrane at £1 each but now doing it with the newspaper