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Tomorrow we are barrrowing the manure to our plot. The plot is on a slight slope which is OK but with all the rain it is dangerous. Any suggestions please as to what we could put down so we don't break our necks. OH wants to buy a couple of bags of bark from B&Q & put them on the paths when we have finished but I thought I would ask the experts ;D ;D ;D.

Quote from: grannyjanny on March 31, 2010, 20:52:36
Tomorrow we are barrrowing the manure to our plot. The plot is on a slight slope which is OK but with all the rain it is dangerous. Any suggestions please as to what we could put down so we don't break our necks. OH wants to buy a couple of bags of bark from B&Q & put them on the paths when we have finished but I thought I would ask the experts ;D ;D ;D.

old carpeting

btw always build compost heaps at the highest point on a plot, then you are only barrowing downhill :D

the bark will soon get shifted around by blackbirds, so put down some strips of landscape fabric.

We run it over the scaffolding planks to stop it tracking in dug soil...  :)

Thanks Tony. We put a weed suppressant membrane down under the bark on the paths. Is that what you meant? The path that will cause the problem is the one between two plots.
lincsyoke12 we only have a half plot so no room for a heap unfortunately so we are barrowing from a distance. Our compost bins are at the top of the plot.
Saddad, we've been converted to no dig so the soil hasn't been dug this year.

beware of carpet on the plot,it can cause problems later on when everything starts growing through it,its banned by the city council here because of that

stick some thick cardboard under your landscape fabric, better surface?

We did it. Put some weeds suppressant down & pegged it down with tent pegs. Five hours, 1 flask tea, 1 flask ginger & 1 flask stew later it was all on our plot. Both happily chattered. Not bad for 2 OAPs ;D ;D ;D.

Well done!  Hope you're not suffereing too much for it today!

Fine until we move Gwynneth ;D. We went to our daughters today for lunch & when we got back getting out of the car was fun but I did say to OH even if we were 20 years younger we would still be stiff ;).

I know you've done it now but for anyone that hasn't we found when shifting muck we forked it into the recycling bags (green waste council type)and barrowed it that way.We found you could move more at one go as it was far more stable (no pun intended  :))than just loose in the barrow