RE: cardboard and quack grass
- Subject: RE: [cg] cardboard and quack grass
- From: D* D*
- Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 13:13:20 -0500
Hear, Hear!!
More advocates for less chemicals and more theraputic weeding! I've been doing the same for years, and like carefully pulling creeping charlie, there's something very satisfying about attacking weeds in this fashion. Love the "editing" analogy!
Diane Dodge, Ramsey Cty. MG
>From: Ray Schutte
>To: "'lisa vandyke'" , smitrione@earthlink.net
>CC: community_garden@mallorn.com
>Subject: RE: [cg] cardboard and quack grass
>Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 10:18:34 -0700
>
>I second Lisa's solution, It takes but one season and the quack grass is
>gone. dig it out, carefully and remove every white root you can see. Lay
>them out in the sun and let them dry and then compost, or if you're into hot
>composting they will compost very well. Every time you see a blade, go
>after its root.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: lisa vandyke [mailto:vandykelisa@hotmail.com]
>Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 10:07 AM
>To: smitrione@earthlink.net
>Cc: community_garden@mallorn.com
>Subject: [cg] cardboard and quack grass
>
>
>Hi,
>I'm of the school of digging it out, deep fork, get all the roots, do not
>rototill it, throw away the weeds, do not compost,THEN mulch (thick,
>frequent). Tis my belief that Americans always need to 'apply' something on
>their weeds, rather than pulling properly. And I'm also of the belief that
>weeds are simply opportunistic species of plants, and gardening is a refined
>
>type of editing. Consistent maintenance goes a long way...
>Best of luck,
>Lisa at the Hare's Breath, Mpls.
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