About eye-poking in the garden ...
I'm usually somewhat unsteady on my feet even on flat, smooth surfaces (weak ankles). Then my old high-top sneakers wore out and I was trying to garden in sneakers with no ankle support.
A rock rolled under my foot and I started falling face-first into a bush. I saw the sharp end of a branch rushing towards my eye.
I had time to think "I don't want to lose an EYE!" before my glasses deflected the branch so it only scratched my cheek.
For those of us with uneven land or big stones or weak ankles, consider wearing shoes or hiking boots with good ankle support! I found some $25-$30 hiking boots made from synthetic material, and now I don't lurch around my garden like a drunk.
Or even put some time into leveling off frequently-used walkways. If you dig them down a few inches, in effect you've made your bed a raised bed, improved its drainage, and made it warm up and dry out a little sooner in spring. That's also a few inches less that you have to bend over to weed, sow or plant.
And you can screen rocks and roots out of soil that you shovel away, then add the screened soil to your beds or compost heap.
And, if this walkway keeps grass away from the bed, its roots will invade the bed much less.
