Can I burn all the weeds in my garden area?
I have a large garden area, 50' x 25' that is full of weeds. I have not planted there in years because of all the weeds that grow. I have put down tarps but believe me, that has not worked. I want to pour gasoline and it and TORCH IT!, it that a good idea?
Do not pour gasoline on your garden to burn the weeds.
That could possibly be illegal, dangerous & might poison the soil.
During the spring or summer,cut your weeds as close to ground level as possible. Compost all the cut weeds properly. Water the complete garden area thoroughly. Buy enough clear plastic tarping to cover the area. Make sure all the plastic edges are buried or held down by bricks. The sun will heat up the moist soil & will kill most weeds & weed seed after about a week of bright sunshine. Remove the plastic & pull/hoe any remaining weeds. Do any necessary ground preparation. Plant your garden using landscape fabric with compost holding the cloth down. A few weeds may pop up but they should be easy to pull up.
Keep your garden weeded on a weekly basis. That will keep any new weeds from becoming established o setting seed.
NO PROBLEMS!
But here is an alternative that looks like fun!
http://www.eweedcontrol.com/
We just planted our garden last night and it's going to storm today.?
Will the garden be ok or do I need to put some tarps over it?!
but the little seeds that are only like 1/2 an inch deep wash away?
As a professional landscaper, it depends on how hard it is going to storm. If it is only going to be a normal rain with a few thunderstorms, you should be fine. On the other hand, if it is suppose to be severe enough that you have thunderstorm warnings, tornado warnings and so forth you may want to consider covering it because if it does rain too hard then the worked up ground is going to be washed out by the rain and with the seeds only being 1/2 inch in the ground it may wash them out. Depending on the circumstances, normal rain/thunderstorm, you should be fine, anything severe you may want to cover it. Either way when the storm is over go out and check the ground because if it washed out the seeds you will be able to tell by the grounds pattern for erosion. Take into consideration how dry your ground currently is as well.
I want to put mulch on my garden to prevent weeds?
My father planted bulbs that come up every Spring. And every year my garden gets run amuck with weeds. I want to put down some tarp and then some that red chipped mulch to keep the weeds from growing. Do I have to pull up the bulbs to do that? and how can I if the flowers bloomed already?
My personal favorite for weed barrier is newspaper! Not the shiny ad stuff but the plain old regular newspaper! Lay a thick layer (7-8 sheets) over the area, water well with the hose, apply your mulch and water that in well also. The watering makes the newspaper stay down till you can get the mulch on it and watering the mulch makes the 2 bond together.
The spring bulbs will poke their way up through. We look for "lumps" coming up in the spring and go give them a helping hand by peeling back the newspaper. The newspaper will last a couple of years and add organic material to your soil without shutting off the air and water like the tarps and fabrics do. And you are recycling!!!!
I would rethink the red mulch though......it's colored with dye. Just get the normal stuff, better for the environment and you both!
I need to make a replacement top for my garden canopy (the metal kind). Has anyone done this successfully?
The wind destroyed the canvas top of my garden canopy. Since the only place that sells them is sold out until August, I'm thinking of making my own (I know how to sew). Home Depot has very large 18'X25' canvas tarps that might work. Anybody tried this?
OK here is goes, please say you still have the original canopy..... you could trace out the original pattern and try to recreate it..don't forget to add extra for seams.
How do I kill grass in a spot I tilled for a garden that was normal yard grass.?
I rented a tiller and turned regular yard grass. It is a fairly large spot 30x30 or so. I started to rake it and realized what an undertaking it would be. Is there a better way? I have tarps over it but will want to plant in less than two weeks. My question is do I just use old fashioned sweat to remove the turned grass or are there any tricks? Will the tarps do anything?
I would wait a few days and till it again. If you don't want to go to the expense of renting the tiller again, just let it be. Plant your garden and mulch around your plants. Any grass that starts growing again can be easily pulled up. just place the pulled up grass on top of the mulch and it will become part of the mulch. You could also cover the area with clear plastic. This will cause the soil to heat up and kill the remain grass also. Just cover the edges with soil to keep the heat in.
You can check out our website for more info on soil improvement at-
http://www.gardening-at-the-crossroads.c om/
Good Luck and Happy Gardening!
Nancy Today: tarps for the work free garden
carpets or tarps kill the weeds all winter to make the garden ready for spring and summer. Tilling brings new seeds to the surface.
Tornado cuts swath of destruction through East Lufkin
The first sighting of a funnel cloud came shortly before 10 p.m. Wednesday at the Olive Garden restaurant on Lufkin's south loop. While no major damage was reported as a result of that touchdown, the storm then cut a swath of destruction through the Englewood subdivision (off Denman Avenue), Ford Chapel Road (home to the VFW post), Atkinson Drive, the Lubbock Street area and Kit McConnico Park.
"There's a line of damage about 200 to 300 feet wide stretching from Olive Garden to Kit McConnico Park. Kit McConnico is destroyed," said Keith Wright, assistant city manager and emergency management coordinator. "We're in a serious situation. As far as structural damage goes, neither of the hurricanes (Rita or Ike) were this bad."
Marty Mayeaux, a forecaster with the National Weather Service in Shreveport, said a crew was in Lufkin to evaluate the effects of the storm.
"We'll go through initial warnings, look at damage and then deduce if it really was a tornado, and how much it was on the EF Scale," he said. "Chances are, they were seeing rotation on the radar. The initial assumption is a tornado."
Garden Tarps - News
In Silver Spring, a yard alive with garden plants
buddleia and joe-pye weed. Nearby she keeps a single strip of grass, out of public view. "I use it to clean my tarps, when I hose them off," she said.
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Father and son develop year-round ski setup Even with the storm-filled early summer, Nick said they haven't seen any signs of the tarps shifting or screws loosening, and there has been no surface |
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Lily Lake couple does double duty to keep colorful garden in bloom •James spreads tubers on tarps in the garage to let them dry, then gets as much dirt off as he can before putting them in storage. |
Penny candy prayers
What was once a pleasant city garden is now a terrible web of humanity, with lines and wires strung from every tree connecting the tarps where hundreds of
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Happy with little, woman trades trailer for donkey-cart
Along the way, she would camp outdoors, building an enclosure for the cart from bendable PVC piping and tarps, with a separate shelter for Molly made from a
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