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Keeks
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 Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2016 1:05 pm Post subject: Paths between veg beds |
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| Just wondeing what people use to create paths bewteen there vegs beds or know of any good material for creating paths rather than just bare earth which tends to just become mud in my garden. |
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tagwex
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| Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2016 1:30 pm Post subject: |
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Dig out the topsoil, put down a polyethylene fleece and fill with limestone chippings or something similar. Simples!
Scaffold planks?
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Sue Deacon
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| Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2016 1:35 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="tagwex"]Dig out the topsoil, put down a polyethylene fleece and fill with limestone chippings or something similar. Simples!/quote]
Just what I did last year. Now I can harvest veg for dinner without having to change my shoes. 
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Keeks
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| Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2016 3:11 pm Post subject: |
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| By polyethelyne fleece do you mean a weed barrier? |
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tagwex
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| Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2016 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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Yep. Or Terram more specifically.
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Gabo
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| Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 1:09 pm Post subject: |
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Hi, I used some sand that was left over from a paving job on the allotments,
and covered that over with bark mulch, it keeps the mud down and slugs/snails dont like it |
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Good guy
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| Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 1:44 pm Post subject: |
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| The wood chips that are used in arenas etc for horses make a good working surface. |
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Good guy
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| Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 1:46 pm Post subject: |
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| The wood chips that are used in arenas etc for horses make a good working surface. |
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Good guy
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| Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 1:47 pm Post subject: |
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| So good I did it twice! |
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tagwex
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| Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 1:55 pm Post subject: |
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Anything to get the post count up ha ha! There is an X in the top right hand corner to delete your own messages.
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“It’s my field. It’s my child. I nursed it. I nourished it. I saw to its every want. I dug the rocks out of it with my bare hands and I made a living thing of it!”
This boy can really sing http://youtu.be/Dgv78D2duBE
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Good guy
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| Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 2:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Not on the iPad, there isn't! And I don't need to cheat to keep anything up, thank you! |
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tagwex
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| Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 2:14 pm Post subject: |
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The mind boggles, could you explain further, just for the people who may not know what I know you are getting at, you understand.
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“It’s my field. It’s my child. I nursed it. I nourished it. I saw to its every want. I dug the rocks out of it with my bare hands and I made a living thing of it!”
This boy can really sing http://youtu.be/Dgv78D2duBE
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Good guy
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| Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 2:21 pm Post subject: |
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tagwex
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| Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 2:30 pm Post subject: |
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There he goes, pretending not to know!!!
Little blue tablets???
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Good guy
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Location: Donegal
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| Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 2:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Vitamin D3? |
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