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Mrs Fiddlesticks

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
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Posted: Sun Jun 26, 05 8:14 pm Post subject: a novel path surface

An Open Gardens afternoon round the village of Eynsham this afternoon included a tour of a fascinating allotment field. A plot holder had a wonderfully inventive path surface. She'd laid a thick layer of wine corks over the ground. It looked brilliant although she said it could be a bit slippy in places.

But what a great excuse, guys.. off to open a bottle.. in the interests of path making of course!

dougal

Joined: 15 Jan 2005
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Location: South Kent

Posted: Sun Jun 26, 05 8:27 pm Post subject:
I had heard it said that wine drinking was the first step on a slippery path... but I'm sure that this was not what was meant!

sally_in_wales
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Posted: Sun Jun 26, 05 8:37 pm Post subject:
What a fab idea. Not sure we get through quite enough for a path here though! Perhaps one would need to rope a friendy pub into saving corks?? My mum makes noticeboards with hers, they look really nice, just corks stuck onto harboard bith a gluegun and a bit of decorative trim roud the edge.

jema
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Posted: Sun Jun 26, 05 8:40 pm Post subject:
That must take a mind boggling number of corks, or should I say a liver pickling number

Mrs Fiddlesticks

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Posted: Sun Jun 26, 05 9:12 pm Post subject:
she did confess that she hadn't drunk them all herself and that since others knew she was collecting them she said she often found bags of them hanging from her front door handle! I'm thinking of having a word with the local pub.. I think it is an ongoing project, the whole of the allotment wasn't done like that by a long chalk ( or cork of course!!)

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
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Location: East Midlands

Posted: Mon Jun 27, 05 8:37 am Post subject:
I used leftover bathroom tiles for mine - don't think even we get through enough corks for it, but will gladly send mine to whoever decides to give it a go!

nettie

Joined: 02 Dec 2004
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Location: Suffolk

Posted: Mon Jun 27, 05 8:56 pm Post subject:
Were they just scattered round loosely, like bark chippings, or had they been set into the path?

Mrs Fiddlesticks

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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 05 8:19 am Post subject:
scattered loosely like bark chippings, but I did wonder if they could be set in in some way. Or I've wondered since if corks could be strung together in some way, with wire?, to make door mats?

Gertie

Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Posts: 1638
Location: Yorkshire

Posted: Wed Jun 29, 05 3:37 pm Post subject:
There's a challenge for someone, Julie. After all, we're all for recycling. Drat, we had a few pint glasses full of corks and I couldn't think of a use for them so I chucked them a few weeks ago. Ah well, will have to start all over again

Bugs

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Posted: Wed Jun 29, 05 3:43 pm Post subject:

Gertie wrote:

Drat, we had a few pint glasses full of corks and I couldn't think of a use for them so I chucked them a few weeks ago.

We use the natural ones for firelighting - is that bad? - and the plastic ones and champagne like ones for cane toppers in the garden. I wonder if you can compost cork? I would assume so though it must take a while to rot.

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22789
Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Wed Jun 29, 05 3:48 pm Post subject:
We use them for lighting the fire too. Or rather I do. Left unattended, OH would use them to start another "collection", a habit which is to be discouraged at all costs .

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