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[Niels <mudguard@gmail.com>]

Miekal,

Might I ask why you are using tillers and spades?
Just a thought.

N*

On 05/01/06, mIEKAL aND <dtv@mwt.net> wrote:
>
> Don't do it, you'll regret it later.  We used a lot of old rugs &
> carpets, event rag rugs, in the pathways & as sheet mulch many years
> ago & it got tangled in tillers, prevented shovels from digging
> easily.  I perhaps would use them in a zone 5 area that was not
> intensive, or would use them short term for killing back top growth &
> keep moving them around.
>
> ~mIEKAL
>
>
> On Jan 5, 2006, at 11:07 AM, Forest Garden wrote:
>
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > Has anyone got experience using old carpet to supress grass?  Does the
> > carpet break down into horrific chemicals I wish I didn't ever know
> > about?
> >
> > I suppose old wool carpets wouldn't do that, but where would  there
> > be a
> > source for old wool carpets.
> >
> > Any help is greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Marjory
> >
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