Wed 12 Sep 2007
A neighbour is throwing out some old seagrass mats. They’re about 6ft long (2m) by 4ft wide (120cm) but are water/mud damaged up the entire length of one side.
They’re a basic horizontal weave - like really, really big bamboo placemats - so are quite flexible if you roll them with the weave, but hard to roll against it (if that makes sense).
Any suggestions about what could be done with them?
(I’m calling it seagrass matting because that’s what it looks like to me - if I’m wrong though, please let me know what it is.)
Bobbie
September 12th, 2007 at 12:57 pm
Put them down in the pathways of your garden to keep weeds down.
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Ben
September 12th, 2007 at 1:32 pm
Keep the weeds actually, use these to build forts out of.
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Mary
September 12th, 2007 at 2:43 pm
Can they be cleaned? If so, they might be used for sun shades on a sunny side of a porch or patio.
You could also put them on the garage floor, under where your car sits when it is parked, to act as drip mats for oil, etc.
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AliceJ
September 12th, 2007 at 5:56 pm
They’d give grip to tyres in places that get slippery with mud in the winter. Would also be good for making wind breaks for firepits.
If you know anyone with an allotment they’d be really good for excluding weeds - put cardboard underneath to exclude light completely. In fact, if you’re near Leeds I’d take them off your hands for that purpose!
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Anna
September 13th, 2007 at 6:49 am
Make placemats out of them for ur garden lunches, with assorted napkin rings !!!
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Karlie
September 13th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
I would use them in the spring as mud mats where the dogs come in and out to help cut down on the amount of filth their paws pick up while the ground is soft.
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Anna
September 17th, 2007 at 12:57 pm
Found this, quiet interesting, and decorative too :
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=83742.0
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Dan
October 21st, 2007 at 10:25 am
I used it for the top of my girlfriends chicken pen, its better than a solid roof as it lets some light through and allows bugs collect within it (somehow, before they drop onto the chucks as a snack)
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Gulia
July 23rd, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Spread on a flower bad, make halls and then plant. Great alternative to mulch.
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Gulia
July 23rd, 2008 at 4:23 pm
Spread in the attic for extra insulation.
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