Selective herbicides ( wont harm grass) can be purchased at most retail venues —if you do not wish to use commercial chemicals preparations -there are diy homemade alternatives.
Recipes using natural household products can be a way to eliminate your weeds, these very helpful links from Hometalk are a great a great synopsis.
I usually just pull up the weeds using a small trowel to loosen the roots. You could then put down newspaper to prevent new weeds from coming up. You could put mulch down and add some new plants.
Mix in a spray bottle. If you have a larger area, you can mix in a garden sprayer with larger quantities. Use when it will not be raining for a few hours so that it isn’t washed away.
Yes, but new weeds will blow in and grow in the area. In a way, that's a good thing because you don't want to use something so strong that it will kill your soil. My husband did that in an area and it took close to 3 years to amend the soil.
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Here is how we rid our driveway, sidewalks and along our fence from unwanted plants. Hope this helps, Amber: https://www.hometalk.com/diy/outdoor/pest-repeller/weed-eat-no-more-43404548
Weed Eat No More
Selective herbicides ( wont harm grass) can be purchased at most retail venues —if you do not wish to use commercial chemicals preparations -there are diy homemade alternatives.
Recipes using natural household products can be a way to eliminate your weeds, these very helpful links from Hometalk are a great a great synopsis.
https://www.hometalk.com/diy/outdoor/pest-repeller/diy-weed-killer-38537988?
https://www.hometalk.com/diy/outdoor/pest-repeller/s-9-natural-weed-killers-that-will-save-your-summer-garden-17001086?
https://www.hometalk.com/diy/outdoor/pest-repeller/natural-weed-killer-20665086?
DIY Weed Killer
Natural Weed Killer
I usually just pull up the weeds using a small trowel to loosen the roots. You could then put down newspaper to prevent new weeds from coming up. You could put mulch down and add some new plants.
Here is our solution: https://www.hometalk.com/diy/outdoor/pest-repeller/weed-eat-no-more-43404548
Weed Eat No More
2 cups white vinegar
¼ cup salt
Squirt of dawn
Mix in a spray bottle. If you have a larger area, you can mix in a garden sprayer with larger quantities. Use when it will not be raining for a few hours so that it isn’t washed away.