Easiest way is pulling. You could use weed killer, either homemade or purchased, but it will also kill the flowers that it touches. Having a weed barrier around your flower bed will keep the grass and ground ivy from sending their tendrils into your flower beds. Of course heavy mulching with shredded leaves will discourage weeds and improve your soil, but the weeds that find a way in still need to be pulled.
Each spring I weed my gardens when there are only a few and the dreaded Creeping Charlie. The creeping Charlie I remove to outside the garden, which makes it easy to get to if it spreads back into the garden, which it will. Once the garden is cleaned up, I put down Preen Weed Preventer. I stops the weed seeds from sprouting that get into the garden, but does not prevent seeds you plant from germinating. It really does work, I may spend a few minutes a week taking care of the creeping Charlie and tree seeds that sprout and that is it.
Somehow my house and garden got tiny gnats that killed my fuchsia plant and fly everywhere. I have tried ALL the Web recommendations - soap and oil dishes, sand in th...
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Growing our first garlic, should we wait until the leaves are drying out before we pick it? Husband picked first one today along with our first potatoes.
Hi everyone, I have mice in my garden destroying my vegetables and I have also noticed them in the barn and shed. Please can someone tell me how to prevent them from ...
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used to be liriope, but dug it all up maybe 5 yrs ago. Planted shade grass which lasted 2 seasons. Then plowed up the yard again and now it's tree mulch with azaleas,...
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I moved into a house where the yard has not been taken care of. There are 2 small trees that are growing in a flowerbed that I want gone. They are too big for me to p...
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there is no easy way to get rid of weeds.smother them out with newspaper, cardboard and heavy landscape fabric, top with a few layers of mulch
Yes! Smother them. Use newspaper, cardboard or landscape fabric, then cover with mulch.
Boiling water, several layers of newspaper, then mulch on top
Easiest way is pulling. You could use weed killer, either homemade or purchased, but it will also kill the flowers that it touches. Having a weed barrier around your flower bed will keep the grass and ground ivy from sending their tendrils into your flower beds. Of course heavy mulching with shredded leaves will discourage weeds and improve your soil, but the weeds that find a way in still need to be pulled.
Each spring I weed my gardens when there are only a few and the dreaded Creeping Charlie. The creeping Charlie I remove to outside the garden, which makes it easy to get to if it spreads back into the garden, which it will. Once the garden is cleaned up, I put down Preen Weed Preventer. I stops the weed seeds from sprouting that get into the garden, but does not prevent seeds you plant from germinating. It really does work, I may spend a few minutes a week taking care of the creeping Charlie and tree seeds that sprout and that is it.