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By Drury
Editor's Note: This may seem obvious but it really does work. Everytime you see a weed in your flower or vegetable beds, pull it up. This keeps them from flowering and spreading their seeds.
By Joan in CT
By AE from C.C.
By Jo
When we bought our home 3 years ago, it was 100 percent grass. It is now 25 percent grass and the rest are gardens and pathways. My property is well mulched with wood chips and landscape fabric, so while I do have weeds, the mulch keeps them to a minimum.
Every 2 or 3 weeks, I mix up a gallon of Round-Up and for the most part, this eliminates most of the weeds. I also hand pull them as I see them, but with an acre of property, the weeds can easily get ahead of hand pulling. I tried using vinegar as a weed spray, but it was inferior to the Round-Up.
It's important to get the weeds before they seed. You can pull 1 weed or after it seeds, you will be pulling 25 weeds! So, whether you hand pull or spray, do it often!
Have a weed free day!
By smartfell-r
By
08/05/2009
I have a weed puller from Lowe's. It's almost waist high to me, no bending over to pull weeds, put them in a bucket as you get them up, good luck.
By Kathy (Guest Post)
06/09/2008
I have a question:
I have a bad back and need some help with ideas of how to pull out weeds so that I won't throw my back out. Any ideas?
By
03/22/2007
So true, esp. about weeding early and often! Pulling while soil is wet is an invaluable way to let the elements help the effort. I'm disabled & have to chose my chores carefully. I always try to grab a few every time I'm out for another purpose. The "nibble" method works best for me: before I know it, a whole block of "cheese" is gone!
But about those root balls: Dad always told me to hit them against something (if even the ground itself) to dislodge all that valuable topsoil. Then again, if all goes into the compost bin, what goes around comes around, so to speak.
Donna
and friends, practicing for the "war on weeds"
in New York
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