Day 28 You do What with Your Old Sidewalk?
This entry was posted on 1/11/2007 10:23 AM and is filed under uncategorized.
We had to remove the old patio from the home we are remodeling because it was lifting. Last year the resulting pile would have been garbage but today it's URBANITE! We carried, hauled and carried again a trailer full of patio chunks to our family home to make a border for our gardens. The rest we will use as a border for a garden at the remodel.
Urbanite I thought was a cute name that was the concoction of our Arizona permaculture group but it's actually in the encyclopedia as An alternate definition of Urbanite in the United Statedis a humorous description of recycled concrete, typically from old sidewalks or other flat concrete slabs removed during construction. Not so sure why it's humorous because it's definitely versatile. Use it for patios, wall, and borders to name a few examples.