"oknwht?" wrote in message
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On 9/29/04 8:00 AM, in article
ult, "Steve Harris"
wrote:

In article ,
(Phil L) wrote:

Boys and girls,
Discussing the price of this product (weedkiller-Roundup etc.) does
not
make it ok to use.

er discussing doesn't make it NOT ok to use either. The facts are wot makes
it OK or not OK to use.

There was a suggestion early on in this post that simply
said:
"Just turn it over..." and
"Using weed killer is not good for a vegetable garden".
What more does one need to know.

What one needs to know is whether the second assertion is true or not. As
it's stated in such blanket, unqualified terms, I would consider it very
unlikely to be true.

But then it is your vegetable garden...please don't invite me over for
supper...!

astonishing statement, given the widespread use of glyphosate. Do you never
eat any commercially grown vegetables, and do you refuse invitations from
anyone who does?

Will you actually give these vegetables to your kids? Your friends?
Your
parents? And you, yourself, will actually eat them?

And you claim that you don't?

Don't do it-turn it over. It's called green manure

no, it isn't. Perennial weeds are not generally suitable for use as green
manure.

and it will nurture
the soil...

...or spread bits of perennial weeds throughout the soil. Silly stuff.

it's fall and you can't grow anything now anyway.

No it's not fall- it's autumn, and things, including weeds, do grow
overwinter in the UK.

Turn it over and let nature take its course. In the spring you can
plant
your vegetable seeds and know you did the right thing.

and spend lots of effort fighting the weeds again.

--
Anton