On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 12:12:06 -0400 (EDT),
(Barbara Foss) wrote:

Pat and Heather. We have a sq ft garden. Have been working on it for 5
yrs. First we used gravel in the walk ways. Be sure the stones are not
to big. Ours were and caused some turned ankles and near falls. (we are
old guys--72 and 73) Took them up and put down plastic and covered that
with hay.

That's a thought. Thanks for the warning. I hadn't thought
of hay-covered plastic.

We had old carpeting I could have used. We had the
carpeting replaced by sheet vinyl in our house - and I did
think of putting the old carpet down in the paths. But I
just couldn't bear to think of looking at it! Ugly.

Hay-covered plastic would be attractive, though.

A productive garden really does make a difference in the
food budget, doesn't it?

Besides which we grow a lot of vegetables that just are not
available here at all: not at any price. And of course,
homegrown is much fresher and better.

Pat
--
"Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of
supply and demand. It is the privilege of human beings to
live under the laws of justice and mercy." - Wendell Berry