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GillE:
... tomorrow I shall be carpeting our allotment.

Carpets make great mulch for suppressing weeds and retaining moisture.  Just cut a hole where you want to plant a seedling, and Bob's your uncle.  No weeding, no watering, just lovely crops.  Eventually the carpet will rot down too and enrich the soil.

That's the theory.

Carpet suppliers are desperate to get rid of sizeable off-cuts because they would otherwise go to land-fill, which is expensive.

Simon:
It would be amusing for your allotment neighbours (assuming you have them) to see you hoovering it instead of mowing it.  ;D

Clive:
Seems a good idea to me Gill!   :D

Rik:
Pure wool, I take it, Gill? :)

GillE:
No, unfortunately.  Modern carpets are made from a variety of substances, some of which are natural and some of which are not.  That is why carpet retailers have to send their off-cuts to land-fill, not recycling.

Eventually the carpets I am using will become so worn that they will be unsuitable as a mulch.  That won't be too much of a problem for me - as a private individual I can take them to the council dump and won't be charged for their disposal.  At least I'm getting some use out of them before they go to the dump and I'm also helping some very nice tradesmen save a bit of money.  I'm doing my bit for the economy (well, for carpet merchants and the NHS, if not for green grocers).

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