https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/natural-weed-control-battle-the-hassle-and-banish-the-herbicides/ The expert help you need to live the greener, healthier life you want. Tue, 26 Mar 2013 22:13:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/natural-weed-control-battle-the-hassle-and-banish-the-herbicides/#comment-762 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 22:13:49 +0000 https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/natural-weed-control-battle-the-hassle-and-banish-the-herbicides/#comment-762 In my personal experience weeds sometimes prove useful. If you heard about fireweed, I can say that it has quite some helpful uses in the garden. As a gardener I wrote an article about firweed. You can check it out below.
http://phoenity.org/how-to-grow-fireweed/

]]> https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/natural-weed-control-battle-the-hassle-and-banish-the-herbicides/#comment-761 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 01:01:52 +0000 https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/natural-weed-control-battle-the-hassle-and-banish-the-herbicides/#comment-761 I am learning to weed regularly. I used to hate it, but now that I have a couple of kids getting some time to myself in my yard really is lovely. And I get an immense sense of satisfaction when I manage to extract a really big one, root intact.

]]> https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/natural-weed-control-battle-the-hassle-and-banish-the-herbicides/#comment-760 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:41:16 +0000 https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/natural-weed-control-battle-the-hassle-and-banish-the-herbicides/#comment-760 Diane, this post made me want to visit your garden! Such great tips – you sound like quite the gardener!
We bought our home from a master gardener, and as we dug up and moved things, we found newspaper and even plastic laid down to prevent weeds…I guess it’s better than throwing it out, eh? (I’m SURE he was re-using it…he was just that kind of man!)
Thanks for this great contribution to the Green Moms Carnival!

]]> https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/natural-weed-control-battle-the-hassle-and-banish-the-herbicides/#comment-759 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:00:29 +0000 https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/natural-weed-control-battle-the-hassle-and-banish-the-herbicides/#comment-759 I use newspaper all the time. Actually steal it from my neighbors at recycling time. It does work. Cardboard paper does work. I use it to kill grass when I am making a garden bed.
As for living ground cover, I have one but it takes awhile to establish and you are still weeding in the living cover. It just makes it harder.
I would not space my plants closer than reccommended. I see the advantage to this but I follow the guidelines on the plant tag. Plants need a certain space to grow; otherwise you are moving them.

]]> https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/natural-weed-control-battle-the-hassle-and-banish-the-herbicides/#comment-758 Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:30:00 +0000 https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/natural-weed-control-battle-the-hassle-and-banish-the-herbicides/#comment-758 I live with a weedy lawn and don’t worry about it. Weeds are always green, even in a drought. They cover the ground, don’t require fertilizer, are easy to mow…and do their part absorbing CO2 from the atmosphere. I don’t like ’em in my flower beds, but as part of the lawn, they’re fine by me! 🙂

]]> https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/natural-weed-control-battle-the-hassle-and-banish-the-herbicides/#comment-757 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:40:11 +0000 https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/natural-weed-control-battle-the-hassle-and-banish-the-herbicides/#comment-757 Hey these are some great ideas to stop the weeds before using the chemicals. I had no idea grass clippings fertilize the soil. However it seems no matter what I do weeds always find their way through the mulch.

]]> https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/natural-weed-control-battle-the-hassle-and-banish-the-herbicides/#comment-756 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:21:49 +0000 https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/natural-weed-control-battle-the-hassle-and-banish-the-herbicides/#comment-756 Jeanne,
The newspaper idea really does work, but I’m not sure about the 6 inches! I used just three or four sheets under mulch in one season, and it had barely just decomposed over the course of a year. Maybe try 8-10 sheets in thickness, but not 6 inches!

]]> https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/natural-weed-control-battle-the-hassle-and-banish-the-herbicides/#comment-755 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:20:57 +0000 https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/natural-weed-control-battle-the-hassle-and-banish-the-herbicides/#comment-755 This I am trying – ” found that applying a 6-inch layer of newspaper at the beginning of one season controlled weeds for two seasons thereafter, without needing a new layer of mulch. The study also concluded that the thickest cover (cardboard, Kraft) results in the least weed growth.”
If this really works, it is brilliant! Controls weeds in such an inexpensive, easy way compared to the mainstream weed killers!
Jeanne

]]> https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/natural-weed-control-battle-the-hassle-and-banish-the-herbicides/#comment-754 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:54:19 +0000 https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/natural-weed-control-battle-the-hassle-and-banish-the-herbicides/#comment-754 Vinegar works great, just spray it on during the heat of the day on a sunny day, otherwise it’s not as effective.
20% Horticultural Vinegar is fabulous for hard to kill stuff. I buy mine online, since it’s hard to find, but it’s four times as powerful as the kitchen stuff!

]]> https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/natural-weed-control-battle-the-hassle-and-banish-the-herbicides/#comment-753 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:53:16 +0000 https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/natural-weed-control-battle-the-hassle-and-banish-the-herbicides/#comment-753 Good idea about the dish soap. I’ll have to try the boiling water. Thanks for sharing.

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