Most of the mulch pathways that I first laid here last year are still in a good location and all I am doing to maintain them is periodically to add more woodchip. (The City of Seguin very helpfully allows residents to take as much as they want.)
There is one strip, however, where I had laid pathway and formed “Three Sisters Garden” mounds on top of it. A year later, after that project had ended, the mounds were removed.
Since I do not plan to repeat the Three Sisters, that portion of the pathway could be removed to make way for other plants. This also offered an opportunity to see how the original woodchip had degraded in the year it was on the ground.
As I hoped, the woodchip has started to break down into smaller pieces. Also, the cardboard has largely disappeared, although I did find a few fragments. There were no weeds growing through.
The woodchip was repurposed to expand tree circles. Any remaining material was simply added to the top of another pathway in the garden.
So now I have a new area of ground available for plants, and the plan this year is simply to spread a few more annual seeds.
Rewilding My Lot 
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