"Pam Moore" wrote in message
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On Tue, 5 Jun 2007 16:35:19 +0100, Anne Jackson
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I would like to create quite a long gravel path in grass around circular
and oval beds. What would the team recommend to edge them with
economically?

I have several thousand old slates, with which I propose to edge beds,
but want to use them thus |||||| rather than _ _ _ _ _ thus, IYSWIM?
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I saw a novel idea at a Yellow Book garden at the weekend. A narrow
raised bed containing a row of strawberry plants had been edged with
green wine bottles. (green bottles, not green wine!) The bottles were
pushed, neck down, to about 1/3 of their height, in rows either side.
Ok for something not too permanent. Unfortunately several of the
bottles had weeds growing in them. I guess corking the bottles would
have stopped that.
Pam in Bristol

I can second that :~) We saw bottles being used in as edging in out local
Arboretum. We have used them all round our front garden. They were placed
there at least 10 years ago and I've only ever had one break, and that was
mine own fault for trying to get a big plant out and forcing my trowel to
hard! Picture at http://www.ljconline.nl/garden/gardenfront.htm (bottom of
the page)

Some more people had the same idea:
http://www.ljconline.nl/garden/gardenfront.htm (looks better if you soak of
the labels first...)

Jenny