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vinegar and disk soap weed killer is not working
On 4/19/2016 7:59 PM, songbird wrote:
George Shirley wrote: ... Weeds are much hardier than grass. We are pestered with dandelions and nut grass, takes patience and finger strength to get the !@#$% things out of the ground. Wife enjoys it so I let her take the lead on weed pulling. She lived further out in the country than I did before we married. G hahaha... we have areas where we've never weeded. the rabbits seem to selectively eat the weeds and leave most of the grass alone. we just mow it once in a while with a mulching mower so there is no raking involved. We haven't seen any rabbits yet. Wouldn't mind seeing one in the evening, break out the air rifle with the suppressor and the scope, runs at about 1250 fps and should take out a rabbit for dinner. A flock of white Muscovy ducks landed on the retention pond this afternoon. They're not native so they're free game. Unfortunately there were people walking around the pond. Dang! there is a few areas that are crab grass invaded but those are all patches that exist because Ma sprays herbicides and it leaves bare soil that the crab grass will get going in too easily. i try to keep them weeded if i can, but i can't always keep up so it's just what it is. if i stay longer term all the grass will be turned into gardens and the mower will go away. i can trim some areas with the hedge trimmer or a string trimmer (with a cutting blade) as needed. alfalfa is a good crop for green manure (free N fertilizer). songbird We got a truck load of spoiled alfalfa many years ago for free and another truck load of spoiled plain grass hay. Big storm east of us and caught some truckers without cover. Friend of mine who was dealing with them had them come over to our old place with 10 acres and the unloaded on us. Stacked the bales around the big garden up to about eight feet tall and the tomatoes and peppers made fruit all winter. Gradually it all rotted away, pulled out the strings and scattered over a place we wanted to turn into a bean field. Had lots of beans and other veggies for several years. Haven't seen any hay truck but once since then. Don't think we had any droughts for a long time either. No rain today, maybe tomorrow. Gardens and other plants got so much water this past week we're having to fertilize again. George |
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