tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295976474666315933.post6787389314668439830..comments2023-09-25T23:40:31.154+10:00Comments on White Lilly 2013: Weeds & Weeds.. I'm going out of my mind!!!!!!!white_lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09706330207967150054noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295976474666315933.post-80172396893264605262008-09-27T11:12:00.000+10:002008-09-27T11:12:00.000+10:00Thanks Lisa for admiring my little patch The horse...Thanks Lisa for admiring my little patch The horse manure I have there is soaking in a bucket of water I heard you can dilute it for a liquid fertilizer.<BR/><BR/>Hi Ernie,we have just started using the grass clippings around the plants. I read a book the other day about mulches,so at the moment everything I look at can be used as mulch so I'm gathering it from all over the place and I'm piling the manure so that it will decompose for future usewhite_lillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09706330207967150054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295976474666315933.post-42466686647928748862008-09-26T22:15:00.000+10:002008-09-26T22:15:00.000+10:00I use grass clippings from the field behind me.The...I use grass clippings from the field behind me.They add nitrogen to the soil that corn needs. But it kept my garden weed free till it decomposed. manure should go in a compost heap till next year. So it will heat up and decompose<BR/>all the weed seed. Fresh manure also can burn your plants. Wet news paper under grass or mulch works too.Grammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13278964537964027566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295976474666315933.post-20234643538974703412008-09-26T13:33:00.000+10:002008-09-26T13:33:00.000+10:00I think you're garden looks great! I'm a new garde...I think you're garden looks great! I'm a new gardener, too. So I don't have much to add. I've seen the cardboard idea before to kill and control weeds, though, and it seems very successful.<BR/><BR/>If you are using horse manure, are you letting it age first? I've read that by doing that, the weeds seeds have a chance to decompose and die. If they go straight into the garden, they often end up sprouting there instead.<BR/><BR/>Good luck with all your beautioful veggies! :)<BR/><BR/>~LisaLaughing Orca Ranchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03562627840013868980noreply@blogger.com