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Gardening

Viva_La_Revolution

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3. till it up,

Reply to Bayard (Original post)

Fri Mar 11, 2016, 12:18 PM

Mar 2016

And then after a week, till again. Plant your garden, then use a weeding hoe when they start popping up. Any poison you use on weeds well be left in the soil. This is the way it was done for thousands of years before we invented "weed killers".

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Alternatives to Roundup [View all] Bayard Mar 2016 OP

I hope you get some replies on this, because I'm also curious. kentauros Mar 2016 #1

Vinegar is the only safe thing I can think of LiberalEsto Mar 2016 #2

I highly recommend the Ruth Stout method NJCher Mar 2016 #4

It's really not any safer, however. HuckleB Mar 2016 #7

till it up, Viva_La_Revolution Mar 2016 #3

I am using the lasagna method Bayard Mar 2016 #5

My friend had the same problem...old pasture. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #6

How to Make a Natural Weed Killer HuckleB Mar 2016 #8

Can you cover it with straw? NutmegYankee Apr 2016 #9

Plowing and Tilling Bayard Apr 2016 #10

That sucks. NutmegYankee Apr 2016 #11