Any ideas on budget friendly paths between garden rows?

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Sally Jean Cunningham is the author of Great Garden Companions. (Great book)! She used wide boards and says her dogs will even stay on them when running through the garden! She claims they also work as slug traps. She just flips them over and collects them for her farm fowl.

Oh, the boards also help against soil compaction in the garden by distributing your weight more evenly.

I use patio blocks from Home Depot, Menards, (.88 a piece). Just lay them down. Heavy enough not to shift and sink into the ground over time.

If you have pine trees in the neighborhood there is probably several inches thick of needles around the trunk of each one. Your neighbors would love to have you rake this up. It makes great mulch for acid-loving plants, or a nice soft surface for paths in the garden. I use it in front of window boxes so I can get to them to water and deadhead without walking in mud. If you live in an area where they grow filberts (hazelnuts), the growers sell bags of shells very reasonably and that makes a great path surface too!

Get Some old Cake pans round or square actally any design you want buy some cement you mix wth water. Mix up a little at a time. So you can stir it easliy. spray pans with cooking spy add cement let dr turn over when completely dry.Voila you have a stepping stone.

I was wondering about the same thing since I will have more time for my garden this year. I thought I would collect newspapers for the paths or Lowes has bundles of brown paper bags in the garden section that you can purchase. I may try that too with mulch on top. All is good for decomposition for next season. I have a 20x40 ft garden area so it would cost too much to purchase patio blocks.

How about free? I use cut up cardboard boxes. I place found bricks on top for windy days. I See boxes everywhere. I'm always on the lookout. I'm in a small town. Behind the large appliances store, they throw out oversized flat cardboard pieces. Beautiful to me. They also set out wood pallets. I use those to make crates to grow potatoes in. I also made a compost bin with the pallets. I have fun collecting all these things.

Great ideas! Thanks!

Here's what I used for a pathway on the side of my house. I stopped at a Granite fabricator, and asked if I could have the pieces out of their dumpster. They were mostly the cuttings from where they cut out countertop sinks. Mostly square, rectangle, or round. Who cares! I used all different colors/shapes, and placed them polished side down, so they weren't slippery. If they are too large, just drop them on the ground, and they will split. Good luck!

I bet that is lovely!

I did this with sand, broken bricks and pallets. I got the bricks free on Craigslist list and already had the sand from a kid's sandbox. The second walkway is made from rocks I got free on Craigslist. You can even use just pallets to make a walk way if you have room. Craigslist again.

Thanks. I love combining imagination with creativity. Where ever there is a walkway is a place with low maintenance, no water needs and added charm.