Hi to everyone!
My husband and I live in Virginia. He does most of the yard work
and gardening, but I am trying to steer him away from using chemicals. So far, I have not been super successful at that.
My first question is how do you remove or manage thick garden weeds
before planting? We have gotten a late start this yard and are ready to till the soil in preparation for planting. However, hubby is ready to spray with a weed killer--and then wants to plant vegetables! You see my dilemma.
What is the best way to handle these weeds? We both have a few
chronic health problems and are not able to weed as often as needed during the growing season, so we really want to minimize weeds now.
Thanks in advance!
Margherita
Margherita,
There is a place called Garden's Alive.com they have
all kinds of Organic Weed killers for your Dear Hubby
to spray and sprinkle to his hearts content. As far as
your arguement about Petro Chemicals, go to the store
and buy a really long Carrot and then take a drill and
bore a hole in it and give it to dear hubby and ask
him if he would suck gas out of the gas can with the
carrot and then eat the carrot. He will look at you as
if you're nuts. Then say well if you use Petro
chemicals on the yard and then plant veggies he'll
just be doing the same thing. Als people who are
suffering from poor health and use Petro Chemicals are
garunteed a faster journey to the mourge. Ask him if
his nose burns when he goes into the garden center.
That burning sensation is the Petro chemicals leaching
into the air through 4 layers of paper and plastic.
Then send him to Garden's Alive and they'll do the
rest. Unless you live in Portland Oregon then email me
and I'll educate him.
jeff
--- "Christina O."
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Hello,
Mulching is the best way. Use something like Compost- 2 inches, or 4
inches of Hay or straw (seedless kind). Or, use a plastic. Plastics
are nice because you can choose from Red, While and Black. Black will
warm the soil. Red is for Tomatos. They actually increase the yeild by
40% just because of the red color.
What is not so good about plastic is that it of course, offers no
nutritional benefits at all and it would be best to go with a drip
irrigation system to water the plants.
Hope that helps.
Shawn
--- In Organic_Gardening@yahoogroups.com, "Christina O."
> Hi to everyone!
> My husband and I live in Virginia. He does most of the yard work
> and gardening, but I am trying to steer him away from using
chemicals. So far, I have not been super successful at that.
> My first question is how do you remove or manage thick garden weeds
> before planting? We have gotten a late start this yard and are
ready to till the soil in preparation for planting. However, hubby is
ready to spray with a weed killer--and then wants to plant vegetables!
You see my dilemma.
> What is the best way to handle these weeds? We both have a few
> chronic health problems and are not able to weed as often as needed
during the growing season, so we really want to minimize weeds now.
A spray for weeds can be done using a 20% vinegar. A source for that
is located in Texas called Marshal Grain. Sprayed on leaves, it will
burn the foliage. Keep in mind a weed problem will exist almost
forever, no matter what you use. Here, I set down a black plastic
fabric mulch to block weeds from sprouting, but every single hole cut
into the fabric for each plant, will sprout weeds close to every
plant. Tilling deeply a few times prior to planting can help some.
There are a few organic, or chemical products that can be sprayed onto
weeds that don't get to the roots, but instead break down a few days
after spraying. A propane burner (powerful wand type), is also a
choice to burn weeds.
--- In Organic_Gardening@yahoogroups.com, "Christina O."
> Hi to everyone!
> My husband and I live in Virginia. He does most of the yard work
> and gardening, but I am trying to steer him away from using
chemicals. So far, I have not been super successful at that.
> My first question is how do you remove or manage thick garden weeds
> before planting? We have gotten a late start this yard and are
ready to till the soil in preparation for planting. However, hubby is
ready to spray with a weed killer--and then wants to plant vegetables!
You see my dilemma.
> What is the best way to handle these weeds? We both have a few
> chronic health problems and are not able to weed as often as needed
during the growing season, so we really want to minimize weeds now.
Thanks to everyone who wrote with suggestions and solutions! I am sharing them with my husband. We just finished our taxes, so I guess next weekend will be gardening weekend.
All the best,
Margherita
