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Post by Use Less on Jun 23, 2020 1:04:36 GMT
Do you take the weeds away and compost them? Do you leave the weeds on the weed barrier, and dig them in at the end of the season? Or something else? Thanks.
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Post by feather on Jun 23, 2020 1:20:41 GMT
I put my weeds on pavers or a dry place so they die off. Then they get collected when dry to the burn pile. Anything going to seed is either on purpose (to be collected) or torn off so they don't end up in the soil. You sure seem to be enjoying all the gardening lately, I'm happy to see that.
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Post by Skandi on Jun 23, 2020 11:31:53 GMT
It depends, small weeds in dry weather are left on the soil to dry out and return to whence they came, large weeds are removed to the compost. in wet weather all weeds are removed as they will just re root and carry on if I leave them.
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Post by farmchix on Jun 23, 2020 12:27:32 GMT
I burn them. I keep a bucket going while I'm out in the garden watering. When it's full, I put on the burn pile. That's where they dry out until the Hubs lights it up.
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Post by midtnmama on Jun 23, 2020 14:10:12 GMT
I try to pull weeds before seed heads and place them on the soil to cover any bare soil created by pulling the weeds (preventing further weed seeds from germinating). If they have seed heads, they go to the chickens. Seeds = protein. Any that germinate in the chicken run are quickly decimated.
Adding more mulch in the form of pulled weeds to the garden promotes worms which promotes soil health.
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Post by Cabin Fever on Jun 25, 2020 1:08:04 GMT
Wind in Her Hair tosses bigger weeds over the fence and mows over them later. She leaves the tiny ones that she hoes right where they land and they dry out and get turned under at the end of the season.
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Post by solargeek on Jun 25, 2020 1:18:13 GMT
We need weeds to populate our walkways in the garden. So I tear them out of the beds and throw them on the walkways. I always hope they will root.
My husband uses a John Deere Z655 down the main aisles and an electric mower between the beds. Keeps everything under control. But right now with the extensive and fast hard hitting rains we've had, the center aisle is kind of muddy because the weeds washed away. We only started the system a year ago. That's when we got the raised beds.
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Post by dustawaits on Jul 2, 2020 19:57:27 GMT
My weeds are mostly crabgrass. I keep after it daily. Rarely has it gone to seed. Therefore I make compost of it after leaving it on cardboard to die. At a previous garden I piled it at the end of the row. It turned quickly to compost. That does not work here.
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Post by Melissa on Jul 2, 2020 20:03:05 GMT
I feed mine to the kid's rabbits!
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Post by susannah on Jul 2, 2020 20:47:20 GMT
I don't compost up here; I'm afraid the local bear population would find it too tempting. Where we lived previously, I composted and yes, some weeds were included.
When I'm weeding the garden where I live now, I normally just throw the weeds outside of the deer fencing. It's near the front woodlot but in a clearing, and if the weeds take off there...well that's less bare ground to worry about. Let's just say my yard is becoming "natural".
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Post by laurazone5 on Jul 3, 2020 11:19:44 GMT
Compost for sure.
I learned the hard way years ago, make sure when you compost, that whatever you throw in, does not have any sort of disease. For those? I put in a "trash" bucket, and throw it in the trash can out front.
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Post by vickilynn on Jul 3, 2020 11:59:22 GMT
Weeds are hoed when they are itty bitty. Easiest way to control them is before they get big or go to seed. I use a well-sharpened collinear hoe.
My compost is mostly leaves and grass and kitchen stuff like peels.
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Post by sugarspinner on Jul 4, 2020 3:14:05 GMT
Chickens get them. When they see me head toward the garden with a bucket, they actually line up along the fence for their "chicken candy" treat.
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