Lawn protection

[ChingfordHarry]

Hi

i have a rotary clothes line in the middle of my lawn, so in the winter months I create a muddy path through the grass when I hang out my washing.

I've had a look on-line for meshes etc that I could lay out as a path to protect it a bit, but all I've found is either way too big (I need a "path" no wider than 0.5m wide (to fit between fixed garden features etc) and 5m long) but the smallest lightweight stuff seems to come in 1m x 10m lengths, or too robust (the only way a car could ever be driven over this is if a helicopter dropped one on the lawn).

What do other people do? I don't really want stepping stones - something relatively portable I could take up in the summer and hide behind the shed would be ideal.

[Snoop Puss]

Hi, have you looked at roll-up or roll-out garden paths? There seem to be quite a few options online.

I guess the only problems might be if you leave deep imprints or end up with yellowing grass in your lawn, but they might sort themselves out a few weeks after you've lifted the path.

[Nicos]

Would something like this be what you are looking for (*** other makes most probably available)



I was thinking you could roll it out on the days you need to access the line , then take it up so as to have even less impact on the lawn?

[Nicos]

Great minds Snoop

[ChingfordHarry]

Many thanks - it's embarrassingly easy to not find things sometimes...

[Nicos]

Te he…. Hope you find what suits you best!

[ChingfordHarry]

It arrived today and is now on the lawn. Something to note - it is only very slightly flexible side-to-side, so you either need to assemble it in short-ish sections and lay these at slight angles to each other, or have a pretty straight route over which you're laying it. But it looks like it will do the job - I'll know once the lawn has dried out next May.

One other thing - don't be daft like I was and not notice that I was connecting adjacent pieces upside-down and so had to disassemble about 2m worth...

[Snoop Puss]

Excellent, CH. Got to be better than traipsing along a muddy path of your own making.