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Re: [SG] fall planting

Hi Betty and all:

I took all those things under consideration before I decided on woodchip
paths. Our lot is level so there will be no washing. A small portion of the
main path is near but not under the lone big shade tree in the backyard. I
don't expect major problems. And I'll do it myself.

However, I may change my mind;  yesterday I saw at a home building center a
tool to make your own stone paths. Now that would look neat, though the
process would be slower. Has anyone on this list used such a tool? How do
the cement stones hold up?

Thanks for your input.

John G. Adney
Marion, Iowa (zones 4-5)
johnadney@email.msn.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Betty Moorman <moorman@TEAMZEON.COM>
To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU <shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
Date: Thursday, August 27, 1998 12:28 PM
Subject: Re: [SG] fall planting


>Betty Moorman@ZEON
>08/27/98 01:31 PM
>
>A word to the wise on wood chip paths.  Perhaps you have done these before
>and they have served their purpose.  But I have some that have turned out
>to be a real disaster, particularly when you consider that I paid someone a
>pretty penny to put them in.  They have washed badly, which means that I
>have little but dirt left in many places on the paths and have to clean up
>lots of wood chips below the level of the paths every time we have a big
>rain.  Also, I have many big deciduous trees on my property and when leaf
>raking time comes there is no way I can rake the leaves, or blow them, off
>the paths.  Hope your venture turns out better than mine did.
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