From: songbird@anthive.com   
      
   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.   
      
     except that sod has a huge nutritional value,   
   what i do is dig a deep enough hole and bury it   
   so the worms eat it up.  a layer of cardboard   
   or newspapers over the sod will help keep a lot   
   of the roots from coming back up.  just do it   
   again if a second or third time is needed.  i've   
   had some gardens where i've skimmed and buried   
   them a few times just because i had injuries and   
   could not keep all the gardens clear.  so they   
   were allowed to go to weeds and then got cleared   
   again.  the worms love it all when you can bury   
   it.  don't waste it.   
      
     if you get a seedy plant that has dropped a lot   
   of seeds on the surface, again, dig a hole and   
   then scrape all the surface area in the hole and   
   bury it again.  if you put it down deep enough   
   and don't disturb that area again for years then   
   the worms may take care of those weed seeds or   
   not, but if you keep after it with the stirrup   
   hoe they won't be a major issue again.   
      
      
     songbird   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)