Carpet?
I had my carpet pulled up in strips, and put it upside down for pathways through the heavily traveled areas in my garden. I realize it looks tacky, but iI don't care. If you had to pick off 100 or so grass burrs every time you walked carefully through the garden, you wouldn't care either. Wish I had more of it. It didn't even come close to covering all the areas I wanted to cover.
