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To: Ladysforest

You need to start getting better, hon.

I may have to try weed blocker fabric because I simply can’t keep up with the weeds. I tried it years ago and didn’t particulary like it. I could never get enough rocks on it to keep it from blowing. I need so much of it and it’s really not in the budget.

Tip when weeding - put some duct tape around your first finger (or whichever finger you dig down to get the roots) to keep from ripping hang nails. Mine hurt all the time and don’t know why I didn’t think of it before, duh.


104 posted on 08/09/2013 7:26:49 PM PDT by bgill (This reply was mined before it was posted.)
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To: bgill

Good days and bad days, but I am following the Dr. directions. He said I am a mystery with regards to my blood condition, but at least he didn’t come back at me with some awful disease, so I am very thankful and a contrite little patient.

The weed blocker I tried was actually paper, organic bio-degradable, brown paper. It’s on a roll that says “weed fabric”, which I find odd. 3ft. wide, total of 75 sq ft. $10. at Lowes, made by Greenscapes.

I cut it to the size and shapes I needed, then laid it down. It helped to have some damp pine shavings or clean sawdust - I put that along the edges to hold the paper in place, then wet it. Then I put sawdust/shavings up the center too where I had the wider spaces between my double rows. The paper will tear easily (when walked on) if the ground beneath isn’t fairly smooth and free of rocks. Especially when wet. That’s why I used the shavings and sawdust on the center - I can walk on it and it prevents the paper from tearing. Not a single weed has grown where I have it.

Sorry if I am rambling - still getting used to meds. Ugh.


116 posted on 08/09/2013 8:14:01 PM PDT by Ladysforest
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To: bgill

Did you ever try putting waste cardboard between rows and plants to stop weeds from growing? We did that this year and it made maintaining the garden a lot easier. I also collected large plastic jugs all year, cleaned them, collected rainwater and dehumidifier output and filled the jugs with it, and weighed the cardboard down with them. After a while, the rain will mush the cardboard down so you don’t need the jugs any more, so you can water the plants with the water in the jugs.


192 posted on 08/12/2013 7:47:39 PM PDT by Silentgypsy (:))
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