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This is called Old Towne Cobble, Pewter Blend (who thinks up these names?).
I'm partial to a combination of the rectangular and square pavers...
In this arrangement...
These are other options...
For some reason I like this spectacularly impractical design...
Do we need borders?
I'm not sure how poured concrete will weather after a few fearfully hot summers and brutally cold winters, but I have the sense that trying to repair chips and cracks will be ongoing and expensive; blacktop/tarmac is just an outright con, a complete waste of money, aaarrrggghhhh, I'm furious just thinking about it!
A further consideration is that neither of those options allows water to drain through, so it sits there. Splash, splash. Or if the grading is not perfect it runs off and turns the surrounding grass into a swamp - bog turtles, that would be the next problem - I'm not having bog turtles casually wandering around my herb and root vegetable garden. Have I not mentioned the herb and root vegetable garden?
However, because the cobble stones are laid individually each single stone can be replaced if it gets cracked, and obviously the gentle, gentle but mostly torrential rain of Pennsylvania drains straight down.
The first small crop of swedes, turnips, parsnips and potatoes should be ready in late November - mutton stew time.
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