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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 175377" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>The coconut matting stuff you threw out - it makes a fabulous weed mat for the garden. Really, really good.</p><p></p><p>It's part of the permaculture method and you can do it for an ornamental garden too. We haven't done it with a large amount of coir, but I've used smaller amounts.</p><p></p><p>Our front garden was started with a Persian carpet tat had been left in someone's garage to go mildewed. It was beautiful, but so rotten that I could tear holes in it with my hands. That was useful, it meant I didn't have to cut holes.</p><p>We cleared an area of sticks and fallen branches, worked out where we wanted the garden bed, and spread the carpet our there. Where there were plants already that I wanted to keep, we just made holes on the carpet for the good plants to grow through. We didn't bother removing any grass; this stuff kills it and puts all the nutrients from the grass, back into the soil.</p><p>Kids over the road asked us what we were doing. "What does it look like? We're carpetting the lawn!"</p><p></p><p>We then covered the carpet over with sheets of newspaper and then compost. Lots of soil, by the barrow load. Then we topped it all with mulch.</p><p></p><p>For years, and even now about 20 years later, the weeds are easy to remove because they can't grow through the carpet layer. To put in a new plant, I just cut through the carpet layer with my trowel, and it's fine.</p><p></p><p>The metal coils - I'd be looking into recycling. I'm good at re-use, but not THAT good!</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 175377, member: 1991"] The coconut matting stuff you threw out - it makes a fabulous weed mat for the garden. Really, really good. It's part of the permaculture method and you can do it for an ornamental garden too. We haven't done it with a large amount of coir, but I've used smaller amounts. Our front garden was started with a Persian carpet tat had been left in someone's garage to go mildewed. It was beautiful, but so rotten that I could tear holes in it with my hands. That was useful, it meant I didn't have to cut holes. We cleared an area of sticks and fallen branches, worked out where we wanted the garden bed, and spread the carpet our there. Where there were plants already that I wanted to keep, we just made holes on the carpet for the good plants to grow through. We didn't bother removing any grass; this stuff kills it and puts all the nutrients from the grass, back into the soil. Kids over the road asked us what we were doing. "What does it look like? We're carpetting the lawn!" We then covered the carpet over with sheets of newspaper and then compost. Lots of soil, by the barrow load. Then we topped it all with mulch. For years, and even now about 20 years later, the weeds are easy to remove because they can't grow through the carpet layer. To put in a new plant, I just cut through the carpet layer with my trowel, and it's fine. The metal coils - I'd be looking into recycling. I'm good at re-use, but not THAT good! Marg [/QUOTE]
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