"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote:
2 things come to mind.
1) Perhaps you just need to look for the weeding fork. I have a very
large
lawn (we call it the cricket pitch so if you're a USian, think
Baseball
field) and we got an infestation of Capeweed right through the lawn
(it's a
flat weed and far worse than dandelion because it flowers on plants
even as
small as a quarter of an inch and once it flowers, the seeds spread).
We
hand weeded it. It took us 3 years but now there are no cape weeds.
We
each had a weeding fork and we'd take the transistor out and sit with
our
backs to the sun and go for it. It was really a rather pleasant
activity.
We only did this because we didn't want it getting into our pastures
and
destroying them. We had nor specific idealogical objection to having
'weeds' in our lawn
2) why should a lawn just be boring old grass? I prefer a lawn with
livingstone daisys in it to a pure green swath of fine grass. The
former I
find appealing and the latter sterile and anal.
The views I state are subjective, they are just my opine without facts.
I still hold to these views and could be wrong.
My lawn is about three acres, no way am I going hard weed it
I will live with the weeds. I also do not want to poison the chickens,
which does a nubbier to the lawn.
The word "organic" also has
different meanings from place to place. Some places the product
"seven"
is organic, is it in your book?
What is 'seven'?
http://www.bayercropscienceus.com/pr...des/sevin.html
Here I think you've hit the point where you and I approach gardens
differently. I loath those sorts of gardens. Bugs are part of life
and
they are interesting. and not all bugs are harful but in order to get
rid
of the ones considered to be 'pests' then there would be nothing else
alive
except the anal gardener.
True here, I love the looks of of those five star gardens. But I favor
the earth over looks. But I do not loath the others. I like the view of
those artificial garden ornaments in gardens also. But I will never use
them because of of cost, I am more functionality than good looks.
After using a biological method to reduce the problem, one may not
need
as much chemicals to finish off the pest or weed. Some call this a
form
of IPM.
Huh?
IPM, Integrated Pest Management.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_pest_management
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Enjoy Life... Dan L (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)