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Old 27-08-2016, 04:04 AM posted to rec.gardens.edible
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Default Pumpkin Patch Weeds

T wrote:
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What the guys have me doing is harvesting the weeds and plowing them
under for compost. It works very well. Weeds are apparently
excellent collectors of sunlight and nutrients from the soil.


yep. keep at it. free plant foods.


But, I think the weeds started to talk to each other and now
I am hard pressed to find any of them, except dandelions,
which I pickle with vinegar. (I am afraid to bury dandelions
as the keep coming and coming and coming.)


hang 'em high, like the varmints they are.
by the time they dry out they're toast.


I am now relegated to using vegi table scraps from
the kitchen.


i've had to bury about 60lbs of tomato scraps
yesterday and will have to bury another 40lbs
tomorrow...


songbird