RE: Carpet in paths

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Dimmie:

With the heavy traffic that our garden gets ( we have 2000 keyed members and
about 5x as many visitors during the season) that herbs would be impractical
as a foot path. Also, the walk weeding would be prohibitive of our time. We
do, however, keep a rather extensive herb bed in our from garden area which
we invite our keyed gardeners and guests to sample.

Thanks for the suggestion,

Adam 

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	dimmie zeigler [SMTP:dimmie@rabun.net]
> Sent:	Monday, March 20, 2000 3:22 PM
> To:	Honigman, Adam
> Subject:	Re: [cg] Carpet in paths
> 
> How about planting thyme or chamomile as walk ways?
> ----------
> >From: "Honigman, Adam" <Adam.Honigman@bowne.com>
> >To: "'Eric D. Hart'" <erichart@mtn.org>, "'community_garden@mallorn.com'"
> <community_garden@mallorn.com>
> >Subject: RE: [cg] Carpet in paths
> >Date: Mon, Mar 20, 2000, 10:47 AM
> >
> 
> >Eric:
> >
> >The Clinton Community Garden in NYC has traditionally used brick for it's
> >garden paths because we were built on a rubble filled lot where a
> tenement
> >buildings had been previously. Our garden paths are dug out, bricks laid
> and
> >then filled in with sand. Our paths need weeding but the bricks do not
> cause
> >any adverse pollution.
> >
> >Your seniors are obviously not going to want to do this for money and
> >physical reasons. May I suggest a project of this sort be done by
> energetic
> >young folks ( with good backs) and the materials, beer and pizza be
> funded
> >through grants and other fundraising means?
> >
> >Good luck,
> >
> >Adam
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Eric D. Hart [SMTP:erichart@mtn.org]
> >> Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2000 9:29 PM
> >> To: community_garden@mallorn.com
> >> Subject: [cg] Carpet in pathes
> >> 
> >>         I am involved with several community gardens in Minneapolis,
> >> Minnesota and we are in the process of establishing new gardens and
> >> improving one of the large gardens we have.  The largest garden (150
> large
> >> plots) has been gardened continuously since at least 1938 and has has a
> >> pretty loose organization until just the last few years.  One issue
> that
> >> is
> >> coming up currently is the use of old carpet in garden pathes.  The
> garden
> >> coordinator and others think the carpet looks really bad but there are
> >> certain gardeners (old timers and the more frugal) that think using
> carpet
> >> is a good idea.
> >>          Aside from the aesthetic issues, some of us are concerned that
> >> the
> >> carpet will leach or at the very least have the dirt, lead, and other
> >> nasties in the carpet wash out into the soil.  There are numerous toxic
> >> chemicals in carpet and treatments like ScotchGuard aren't benign
> either.
> >> Are there any studies of the use of carpet in garden pathes and what
> kind
> >> of
> >> things can leach out?  I did find some discussion on this list several
> >> years
> >> ago and it sounded like toxicity issues aside, that carpet didn't work
> all
> >> that well anyway.  Any experience or knowledge you can pass along would
> be
> >> appreciated.
> >> 
> >> Eric Hart
> >> Longfellow Community Council
> >> Community Garden Subcommittee
> >> Minneapolis, MN
> >> 612-722-3260
> >> 
> >> 
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