In article , Derek Turner
writes
On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 09:58:31 -0000, "H"
wrote:


Don't want to use chemicals, btw. An advantage of the plot is that it should
be clean re chemicals and such nasties.

What about simply dumping a whole load of manure over the top?

that should feed the weeds nicely and probably introduce some new ones
:-)

Depends how deep. If it was at least 8 inches thick, it would smother
the annual weeds (much the equivalent of digging them in). You'd still
have problems with couch making its way to the top, but you might be
able to control that by next year remove the couch roots from the
relatively friable manure layer.


--
Kay Easton

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http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/garden/