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   Message 39,424 of 40,489   
   Frank Miles to Bob F   
   Re: No till organic   
   05 Mar 21 23:50:37   
   
   From: pedicularis@mail.com   
      
   On Thu, 04 Mar 2021 20:23:20 -0800, Bob F wrote:   
      
   > On 3/4/2021 7:45 PM, Frank Miles wrote:   
   >> What's the magic trick to dealing with weeds if you want to garden   
   >> 'organically' _and_ are trying to go 'no-till' ?  That is, without   
   >> spending all your time manually pulling them?  And with limited   
   >> space I can't solarize without losing a year.   
   >>   
   >   
   > I just pull them as soon as I see them, and never let them go to seed.   
   >   
   > If you are starting from lawn, use a sod cutter to remove all the grass,   
   > and you can end up with a fairly weed free bed.   
      
   I _try_ to do that, but with ~1000 sq ft of garden it's easy to miss the   
   small ones.  By now (30+ years) the selection pressure has led to the   
   smallest, fastest, most prolific weeds :(   
      
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