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Mike Jay wrote:Hi Donald, welcome to Permies! I've never used carpet in a garden but my parents used to use it for the path through the woods to the garden. It kept dad from having to mow for years and it was easy to find worms for fishing (just lift up the carpet in a spot and grab them quickly).
I probably wouldn't use it in a garden myself since I'm not sure what the carpet is made of and as it breaks down, the stuff it's made of ends up in my soil. I tend to start a mulching area with cardboard (brown and no tape) but that probably isn't perfect either.
Beautiful garden and lemon tree!
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Mike Jay wrote:Oh, that's much better. I was imagining the stuff we have here where it's artificial yarn held together with glue that crumbles into powder (into the ground).
I've heard of wool carpet but never officially seen it. That would be quite the resource. I wonder if it would work as insulation in a building?
Nick Kitchener wrote:Hi and welcome! I'm a kiwi living in Canada, and I must say I miss the climate, and the ability to grow things like lemons, grapefruit and feijoa!
I've heard of this before. Good to see it working. If the carpet lasts only 3 years then something identifies it as food and isn't being killed by toxic gick leaching out of the carpet. I have no idea about the glues they use for keeping the wool in place, or the dyes they use either.
Anyway, I like the pics, and keep up the innovations
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