September 8, 2016
Yes
I do remember having a column about when one recognizes that they
have a weed problem. I have known about this for some time and have
only been able to watch it grow.
You
might say it has been a comedy of errors and it is time to pay the
“piper”’
Now
it is not a total ransacked mess but for me I am a bit displeased
with how this all got to be here.
Sooo,
even though it is the top of canning season, and I do need to prepare
for fall / winter crops, build compost piles, clean out he chicken
coops ……..and the list goes on.
Now
there are not any 6 foot tall giants but there are a lot in excess of
one to two feet. So after repeating the serenity prayer I am plugging
away a little at a time.
Since
we are getting regular rains, just hula hoeing and letting the plants
desiccate will not work (you need sun and heat for this to work).
So
the game plan is to pull the weeds in the beds and feed them to the
chickens or compost. Then I will hula hoe the paths and rake up the
weeds. Here again they are fed or composted.
If
I were to leave them lay, most would reroot and we would back at
square one.
Yes
once the rains began we just have not had that break where I could
break away and do some serious weed abatement.
Yes
I will get ahead on this “weed problem” but what will be the real
consequence for not keeping ahead of my little green “friends” is
now I have gotten a huge new supply of weed seed to contend with.
Yes
one step at a time and things will be brought back into control.
You
“gotta” love agriculture, if it was easy everyone would be doing
it.
Questions?
I can be contacted at markdirtfarmer@gmail.com.
Or more garden notes at redwagonfarm.blogsot.com
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