Well I'm back for a while. Still working on my weedy half acre and loving it. It's just too bad I lost 3 years of garden notes. Most is still in my head so I will be sharing my new garden hacks and maybe some old ones that did not work !!!!
Well I finally gave in to the black weed cloth . at the hubbys insistence, or lets just say he bought all this crap on Amazon , I gave it a whirl. I was using newspaper and straw. It did the trick but I had a mess to clean up at the end of the season. To make a long story short I planted the main garden on March 21 and here it is June 15th. I honestly did nothing but turn on the drip for 3 months . No weeding at all. As you can see some are growing up next to the plants but it was a 15 minute job. This stuff is called
Scotts 25 year pro fabric. It is beyond fantastic. if you are gardening in a large area it saves time and back pain. I have a 24 x 24 area and it cost under 50 dollars to keep my garden virtually weed free. I shudder to think what my first garden would look like without weeding for 3 months !!!
Here's my strawberry patch . I started with 2 six packs of plants and expanded over 2 years with cutting off the runners. the black fabric is great for these too!!! this is my patch 3 months after my March cleanup . You could not see the black cloth due to the over growth. My only problem is that earwigs and roly poly bugs love to live under the fabric. I use
food grade diatomaceous earth and sprinkle it around the base.
