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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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 Posted - Jun 24 2009 : 10:29:58 AM
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I just spent about 2 hours weeding my little garden. It is amazing how fast those buggers grow! This fall I am going to do the carboard/newspaper/mulch lasagna garden method and then I am going to plunk my greenhouse on top. Hopefully it will all compost pretty hot over winter and kill off some of the seeds and I will have a nice moist topsoil for spring. Then next spring I am going to do more newspapers, then roll out some of that black weed fabric, then I will plant and mulch. I hope I don't have to weed next year!!
Alee
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Edited by - Alee on Jun 24 2009 8:00:47 PM |
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gramadinah
True Blue Farmgirl
3557 Posts
Diana
Orofino
ID
USA
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Posted - Jun 24 2009 : 10:36:01 AM
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Alee get yourself a HULA hoe really works wonders a couple seconds a day and it stays weeded. The newspaper and stuff is great too. But I do love my HULA hoe. There is another tool that I think I saw MaryJanes neighbor using in one of the PBS specials called a wonder weeder.
Diana
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
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USA
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
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Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
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Posted - Jun 24 2009 : 1:43:30 PM
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Hula hoe is the best invention ever, and a gardeners best friend!
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Jun 24 2009 : 1:49:55 PM
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Alee:
I hear you! I've been weeding almost all day today. Here in Louisiana, the temperature is 99 degrees. It is HOT!!!! The weeding has to get done. I weed for a half hour, come inside for a half hours, etc...
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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peapicker
True Blue Farmgirl
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texas
USA
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Posted - Jun 24 2009 : 1:52:26 PM
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| Marly I feel your pain. I'm next door and about to have a heat stroke myself. Those darn weeds! |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Jun 24 2009 : 7:41:56 PM
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Sharlet:
I have a sister who lives and works in Houston. She also built a beautiful house in Kerrville (waiting to retire to move there). Is Purdon Texas close by Houston, or Kerrville. Are you familiar with Kerrville? My hubby and I are making plans to move there in a year or two. He has to retire first, close down a business, sell our house, etc.....
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
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Garden Gate: Weeding the Garden |
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Weeding the Garden
