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[Chucky Mama]

Now that it is getting wet walking to and from the cube to let the girls in and out and to collect eggs is making the lawn very muddy in those areas. Is there anything that I can put on the lawn to walk on to protect it in the winter but take up in the dry weather to let the lawn grow back. I don't want to stop the grass, just protect it from walking during the muddy season. I have looked at grass mats - are these the solution?

[Tutti Frutti]

We bought some funky marble stepping stones from B&Q - half price at £3 each and on a 10% off weekend. Plus we put them down upside down and they're not at all slippery - we were surprised, not even in the frost yesterday! They've really helped - and stops the mud coming in the house too. Our grass is already regrowing

 

HTH

[Falkor]

I have seen this at the local garden centre?

 

http://www.primrose-london.co.uk/instant-garden-track-single-width-brroll-pathbr-p-1075.html

 

But I ended up laying a permanent path as my run is fixed.

[Chucky Mama]

I have seen this at the local garden centre?

 

http://www.primrose-london.co.uk/instant-garden-track-single-width-brroll-pathbr-p-1075.html

 

But I ended up laying a permanent path as my run is fixed.

 

That's the kind of thing that I think I need. I will investigate. They are out of stock but selling on eBay

[laurmurf]

I've got that too - fab stuff!

I needed more than i got though - bought 2 rolls and could have done with 3. I bought it from our local hardware store. It costs about £20 for a 3m length from our local hardware shop or a bit less plus postage from Ebay

 

here's the previous thread:

http://club.omlet.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=36728

 

 

(I noted on that thread that I only had 8 chooks and wanted a dozen more: my dream came true! )

[Chucky Mama]

That's really useful thank you, I will try to get some as cheaply as possible. Your previous thread re having 8 is funny looking back

[Chook n Boo Mum]

That's the stuff we've got, but you already know that if you've read the link

 

Sha x

[Redwing]

I bouht some rigid greenhouse shading, plastic with a holey pattern and laid that on the ground, it allowed us to keep clean feet when feeding the chooks

 

It did kill the grass underneeth but kept the soil structure well so it regrew quite quickly

 

I have a large grassmat outside my shed and they do not protect the grass very well, they sink in so when taken up leave an indent

[Jools]

I use slabs for the routes to and from my runs, not a solid path, but a stepping stone kind of arrangement. If you put them down on wet ground, they soon settle in and the grass re-grows around them. The haphazard way of laying them means you can get away with broken bits and odd shapes, so you can just collect a few when the opportunity arises - skips, freecycle etc.

[sandyhas3chucks]

I too put in round stepping stones but there is still slippy mud in between, I will be going to homebase to purchase more lawn protection mesh... Will be over whole garden soon

works great wher it is nown stops them digging it up to!