Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Weeds

How do you go from this...


To this


Hate to tell you this but you are going to get down there with a shovel, dig in and separate the dirt from the roots, grass and weeds. It's tempting to use chemical weed spray and wait two to three weeks then plant your garden but not for me.
First off I don't want to wait two to three weeks, I can get this garden box done in a day even when it's as bad as the photo on top. Second even if you do use weed killer you still have to spend time pulling the dead weeds out and third do you really want to take the chance that that weed killer will still be in the soil when you plant your garden? 
After I pull the weeds, break up the soil and put nutrients into it I cover it with mulch to help keep the weeds from coming back up. I say help because some will come back up, it's just a fact of life. The good thing it won't be anywhere near as many as the photo on top and this time you can pull them before they have a chance to get very big.


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