Sorry to hijack this thread, but I wonder what Charles thinks about using fresh (unrotted) horse manure for paths? I have access to some very well rotted horse manure, which I use for beds. There is also loads of fresh manure which has the advantage of being lighter and easier to transport (the rotted stuff can be heavy when wet, and I have to carry bags of it to/from my car to get it to the plot) – it would just be the smell in the car that might be the problem! I was thinking that a nice thick layer of this would make a good surface for paths, with it slowly rotting down over time, and would be easy enough to top up each year or so.
Conor
