Leeper wrote:
I spent nearly a decade ammending my soil with natural amendments, and it is
now very fertile.

In recent years though, the battle with weeds has taken all the fun out of
it, and weeds just love the soil, and grow exceedingly fast and vigorous.

It has gotten so bad, that last year, I skipped planting it.

However, I miss the fresh produce off the vine, and the store bought stuff
tastes like wet cardboard.

How do you guys deal with the weeds?

I'm concidering covering everything with plastic this year, in the hope the
heat will kill many of the weed seeds.




I grow in 4x8 or 4x16 raised beds. They're all surrounded by landscape
fabric stapled to the wood of the frame and the fabric is covered with
mulch at least 18" out from the frame. The plants themselves are
surrounded by mulch as well. It not only dissuades the weeds, it retains
moisture and dissuades soft belly pests like slugs.

Covering the garden right now in plastic would start killing any weed
seeds in the ground. Leave it on for a couple weeks and then plant...and
go mad with the mulch and landscape fabric. If you don't have raised
beds, you can apply the fabric and mulch right up to the row of each veggie.

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Zone 5b in Canada's Far East