Specialty Gardening: Creating good garden paths, 1 by BaaBonnyBelle

BaaBonnyBelle wrote:
Just joined this morning, very glad to find such a great forum. I am working towards a "cottage garden" style, with my garden shed being my cottage.

I have raised beds with paths between, a bed that runs along the property line/fence of my garden. I always have problems with my paths. I created a path to the south of my garden cottage that is lined with the "big" rocks from our property, put down some landscape fabric and pea gravel. This has been the easiest to keep clean of weeds.

I have tried larger rock and then bark in the larger area North of my cottage. I am itching to try the "cobblestone" form I have, but just can't see doing more than a "paths width" with it. What should I place on the sides of the cobblestone? Pea rock, bark, sand?

Woke up to snow on the ground. So much for getting out in the garden today to work.