Like most others who have responded, we use mulch...free from our city
govt.....in most of our gardens to create pathways. Where we need to insure
*maximum* wheel chair accessibility we use gravel. Thick mulch is more
difficult for persons in wheel chairs to move about.
Keep up the good work!
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On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 6:17 PM, Magali Regis <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hello all,
> I wanted to ask you a question - maybe some of you have an opinion:
> 1. Mulch vs. gravel path: We have a lovely community garden on East 6th
> Street in the East Village in NYC with a gravel path and some of the
> gardeners would like to see it replaced with mulch (wood chips). I happen to
> like the gravel path a lot and would be sorry to see it go. There is
> something very 'zen' about it. They say the mulch will be softer, easier to
> maintain, smell really good etc...It is a lot of work to make that change. I
> was wondering if you anyone out there has experience with mulch and has an
> opinion, one way or another, about it? Or if there is any place I could go
> for advice. I want to make sure we do the right thing.
> Thanks,
> Magali
>
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