then I assemble those 5bags sections into 20 or more bags section. And now It is ready for anything that gardeners so desperatly need sometimes.

At first, I use it for mulching paths between potato rows. it works great. Nothing is grow through them. Then I left them to block the growing grass on my vegetable garden area after the harvest.
Then I use them to separate the new flower bed from lawn ferocious bermuda grass. I take out sod to other place, then dig out dirt about 18" deep on the edge of the flowerbed. Then stack my taped 40+coffee bags vertically in this trench and my free 24"deep divider in use now. I just ammend and shovel inside part of the flowerbed as deep as needed. Later, I cover this shiny wall what left above ground with rocks which are also free and countless on my property.

Do you have other ideas how to use them?

Another "road" is ready for new adventure:)

love that round bed with a rock retaining wall!

Rocks are just beautiful, but you need something to keep seeds from sprouting in the gaps, & yet you don't want that plastic 'fabric' that rots into small brittle pieces.

Thank you!
I hope it won't rot in brittle pieces. They said that plastic will not rot forever :))) (should I count on experts' propaganda?), especially if enforced with aluminum foil and hidden from sun light (UV) under rocks.
Those "roads" for mulching may rot , cause they are under sun constantly, we will see, only time will say how hard is it.

I keep rain water in plastic milk containers under sun year around; they survive about 2 years, and then break up.

This is another using as a shade umbrella for a tire.

This post was edited by avgusta on Sat, Dec 7, 13 at 5:50

I think the trick to plastic in the garden is to replace it when it first starts to look 'old', & the plastic coffee bags are solid rather than webbed or woven, so there aren't any gaps in which seeds can settle & sprout.

If you tried to replace landscape fabric, you'd have to uproot all your plants, & you'd still have raggedy fabric bits clinging everywhere.

another flower bed...

close-up

Where do you get all these coffee bags?

'Where do you get all these coffee bags?'

Starbucks -Grounds for your Garden.

Update. The flower bed is in progress. It is not finished yet, but already has produced a big smily "fruit". :)))

She is just checking if I do it right.

LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS. Thanks for the OP! Can't wait to try. Spring is in the air!!

Another used- coffee- bag base raised flower bed.

Probably the sun is going to break it down faster than any other factor. Buried, it would probably last for years. At least that's what I find with plastic films that are not specialized for UV resistance. The plastic molecules will still be there, the film just breaks into small pieces.

Good luck with it, I like the last one covered with the rocks, you can't even tell it's there. It would be a bit garish if left naked, IMO. :-D

These "roads" are covering my vegetable garden areas where I have not planted this year; so , next spring, I will have free from weeds beds. There is no any damage for bags yet; only tapes got loose in some places.

Also, I use them for making a block "wall" for tree roots if I plant something near trees; so, these tree roots won't steal food and drinks from flowers and berry bushes.