Tons of Limestone chippings on an allotment? Alternative paths

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Yorkie

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I used spare bricks to weight the edges of my paths down - partly because I had them, and also because I wasn't sure that the fabric wouldn't rip if I put pegs through it.
I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days all attack me at once...

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Outer edges are pinned down every metre or so.  Joins are just overlapped and pegged down.

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Out of interest, what do you use to pin the edges down, snow white?

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It's a good idea to melt the cut edges or they fray in the wind, stuff gets everywhere then & tries to leg you up without provocation 🙄
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Thanks,

Yorkie, probably those black plastic pegs you can get made for the job. They look effective too from what I have seen on various allotment diaries.

Thanks Snowdrops, I had read people saying cutting with a soldering iron was a good idea! Not very easy on the allotment but I can try a quick blowtorch wave!

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probably those black plastic pegs
Some of those bent in half when I tried to hammer them in - that's what the clay soil can be like in summer here  ::)

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I use both plastic peg (used in wet ground - will never come out) and metal U shape peg (which is best for hard ground and for moving membrane frequently.)The metal peg does less damage to the membrane but can rise up.  I found I had to cut the membrane a little to enable the plastic peg to go through properly.  The metal pegs just go through the membrane easily.  Plastic pegs are cheaper. 

Have I confused you yet? ::)


nb: I have heavy clay soil.

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I have ordered a bit more membrane to ensure I have enough for the area and a couple of hundred of those plastic pegs! I seemed to be blessed with easy to work soil at the moment! I may use the excess pegs for pegging down sheets of card as weed suppressant in the beds before they get filled!

Its been a harsh day shovelling, attempting to level out the land, well not level but flatten it somewhat!

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Thanks Snowdrops, I had read people saying cutting with a soldering iron was a good idea! Not very easy on the allotment but I can try a quick blowtorch wave!

I use a gas soldering iron to cut it on the allotment. I bought it in Aldi a few years back. They had them in stock again last week for about £15. Also works well for melting air holes in lemonade bottle mini-cloches.



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