How To Control (Unfortunately Not Eliminate) Weeds In Your Garden
by
Time With Thea
(IC: blogger)
I am a passionate gardener. I love to grow all kinds of perennials in several different garden beds. I love how the different perennials bloom at different times during the summer making it so that my flower gardens never look the same from week to week and month to month.
I enjoy all of the various tasks that go along with keeping a flower garden except for one and that is weeding. The less weeding I have to do the better. So through trial and error I have figured out three steps that help control the amount of weeds that sneak into my garden. Notice I used the term 'control'. I have yet to discover how to eliminate these pesky plants entirely.
I enjoy all of the various tasks that go along with keeping a flower garden except for one and that is weeding. The less weeding I have to do the better. So through trial and error I have figured out three steps that help control the amount of weeds that sneak into my garden. Notice I used the term 'control'. I have yet to discover how to eliminate these pesky plants entirely.
I live on a ravine that overlooks a beautiful river. The good news is that it's very serene and picturesque. The bad news is that the ravine is filled with lots of natural plants many of which are weeds.
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Here's one of my outdoor pots and below it you can see the mulch spread around the plants in this front garden bed.
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Published July 6th, 2014 8:23 AM
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Barbara on Feb 26, 2015I was wondering, will this kill grass too? Not that I want to, but if I spray the mixture on the lawn I am thinking it will kill the grass too, Right?
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Time With Thea on Feb 26, 2015@Barbara Hi Barbara. I am not sure what you are asking in reference to a spray. I actually don't use one. In this post I share how it is important to amend the soil to keep it healthy, only plant annuals in pots so it creates less weeding and mulch the garden beds. Can you clarify your question?
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Time With Thea on Feb 28, 2015@Barbara Well this opens up a whole new discussion. I make a similar kind of spray but only use it on the brick patio. I first pour boiling water over top of the grass and weeds that pop up and then I spray it with my own solution. I use it to kill grass and weeds so I don't use it on my lawn. I guess I need to write a post about how I successfully control weeds in the lawn and on a brick patio. Nice to meet you!
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Douglas Hunt on Mar 02, 2015@Time With Thea Yes, you need to write that post!
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