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Posted on 05/04/2024 12:11:37 PM PDT by Leaning Right

An older friend of mine inherited a house with a large flower garden in the back. The flower garden is maybe 10 feet by 30 feet.

Between the flowers and the shrubbery there are many weeds (no surprise there). A landscaper she talked to will clear the area of weeds, and has given her some options to control future weed growth.


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KEYWORDS: garden; landscaping; mulch; stone; weeds
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does weed fabric block gophers? if not, what if anything blocks gophers?


21 posted on 05/04/2024 12:57:23 PM PDT by SteveH
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To: Leaning Right

I have 54 5-gallon buckets with holes in the bottom filled with good soil in our vegetable garden.

I only water the buckets, so I am not watering weeds.

Anything not in a bucket is weed-wacked.

For our flower garden I use sections of PVC pipe around the plants instead of buckets and weed-wack anything not surrounded by PVC pipe.


22 posted on 05/04/2024 12:57:45 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: Leaning Right

What is the question?


23 posted on 05/04/2024 12:59:06 PM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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To: Leaning Right
That depends on the aesthetic effect you want, and the input you're interested in putting into it both money and effort.

All of these are viable choices, so what do you want? if it's low maintenance you're after don't rule out a hardscape with various size stones and stuff composed for an aesthetic presentation instead of just... rocks... :) Keep the leaves and debris cleaned out of it and voila! Nice, low-maintenance landscape. Maybe stick in a couple of evergreens and a specimen plant in a pot for the growing season. Costs a bit at first but buy once, cry once.

24 posted on 05/04/2024 1:00:17 PM PDT by OKSooner ("You won't like what comes after America." - Leonard Cohen.)
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To: Leaning Right

Rototill and plant grass.


25 posted on 05/04/2024 1:00:55 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Don’t vote for anyone over 70 years old. Get rid of the geriatric politicians.)
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To: SteveH

Concrete


26 posted on 05/04/2024 1:02:17 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Roses are red, Violets are blue, I love being on the government watch list, along with all of you.)
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To: Leaning Right

Roundup. Take a swig first. It might entitle you to a major cash award.


27 posted on 05/04/2024 1:03:35 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: Leaning Right

Thanks for posting. I am dealing with a similar problem. Just ordered pea gravel today to cover the weedy area out back. The people who moved in next door will not deal with their weeds, so now the nice, easy to remove sticky tall thistle weeds are replaced by annoying prairie grass weeds and dandelions.

I am going to use fabric. Maybe two layers. And then spray like hell. I’ll probably put down a lot of Preen down on the fabric before putting on the pea gravel.


28 posted on 05/04/2024 1:03:59 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat ("Forgetting pain is convenient.Remembering it agonizing.But recovering truth is worth the suffering")
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To: Dr. Sivana

**Rocks chew up weed eater string.**

Yep. Through their 24 years at their home, our nearest neighbors here in the woods have made several flower beds in their 2 acres. They adjoin the edge of the house or are out in the yard. They have also created 2 foot mulched areas around about a dozen trees. Every one of these areas have been given rock borders, with the rocks being about fist to football size.

He is 91, and she is 85. Both still have decent health, but have been paying me to come over to string trim more and more. The use a Dawn soap-epsom salts-vinager weed burnback spray mix.

They could cut back on a LOT of spraying and weed eating if they got rid of the rock borders,... at least around the trees.


29 posted on 05/04/2024 1:04:16 PM PDT by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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To: usurper

Clear the weeds however you wish. Level the ground. Install 13-inch concrete pavers edge to edge no cement or adhesive needed. 10x30 is not a large area. Works out to 250 pavers. You can buy them a little at a time over several weeks carted home in your own vehicle and lay them at your leisure, or have the store drop ship the entire load on your driveway. Get a propane torch weed burner online from Coleman, around 35 bucks. The wand is about three feet long it won’t burn you it is simple to use just use common sense. It takes small propane camper style refills 2 for 9 bucks at WalMart and they last a long time. When the weeds show up between the pavers it’s a couple of minutes’ work to burn them out completely once every few weeks. No pulling or sweeping needed. The pavers will not show any discoloration afterward. Any other way you will be messing with tons of weeds forever.


30 posted on 05/04/2024 1:06:55 PM PDT by 4Runner
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To: Leaning Right

Preen from Costco
Generic Roundup


31 posted on 05/04/2024 1:08:04 PM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: Leaning Right

Cardboard makes a good weed barrier.

My veggies do well by benign neglect.

Have not had to plant any tomatoes, peppers and a few herbs in the 5 years here. They are ‘wild’ out of the compost pile.


32 posted on 05/04/2024 1:09:25 PM PDT by waterhill (I Believe!)
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To: Leaning Right
I’m not quite sure why the last owner left the middle empty.

A landing space for UFOs, shielded from prying eyes by the Azaleas...

33 posted on 05/04/2024 1:10:30 PM PDT by null and void (Everyone on all sides a conflict will be happy to lie to you, except our side, of course!)
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To: SteveH

12 ga works pretty good.


34 posted on 05/04/2024 1:10:47 PM PDT by sasquatch (Do NOT forget Ashli Babbit! c/o piytar)
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To: Leaning Right

Concrete - the ultimate landscaping material.


35 posted on 05/04/2024 1:11:35 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: Zuriel

Bless you for helping your neighbor.


36 posted on 05/04/2024 1:12:09 PM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: Leaning Right

Nuke it from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.....


37 posted on 05/04/2024 1:25:16 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Leaning Right

We have a lot of space and are getting older. We like landscape cloth and lava rock as it’s easier to haul around.

But some areas, we just plant ground covers like periwinkle, thyme, or violets. As long as they don’t grow bigger than a foot, it fills in an area nicely


38 posted on 05/04/2024 1:29:11 PM PDT by LilFarmer
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To: Leaning Right

As #1, but put down weed fabric first.


39 posted on 05/04/2024 1:29:41 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Leaning Right

Mowing is the easiest and fastest solution and maintenance.


40 posted on 05/04/2024 1:45:05 PM PDT by alternatives? (`)
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