rhoda_bruce
Almost Self-Reliant
I'm not satisfied that I brought enough produce in my house from our garden last year....or from a few years actually, so I'm planning on severely increasing my gardening capacity, but I need to take care of a really bad rag weed problem.
The area I'm planning on putting into raised beds is around my hives and often gets overgrown with ragweed.
DH is big on poisons, but I've been just pulling out the stuff and letting it dry out on the ground, freed of dirt (which I shook off of the roots. I'm thinking I will go with a cover crop, like rye or clover, which will enrich the soil, stay shorter, smother out the weeds, taste great to my goats and flocks and hopefully one or two other things that I may not even be considering right now.
I figure a cover crop will be easier to clean up, in small sections, if I should decide on putting up a bed, than the weeds, so some areas won't be remain planted thru the season, but it won't be wasted......chickens can take care of whatever I pull up.
I am in the deep south. VERY DEEP. I'd appreciate suggestions that would help me with my problem.
The area I'm planning on putting into raised beds is around my hives and often gets overgrown with ragweed.
DH is big on poisons, but I've been just pulling out the stuff and letting it dry out on the ground, freed of dirt (which I shook off of the roots. I'm thinking I will go with a cover crop, like rye or clover, which will enrich the soil, stay shorter, smother out the weeds, taste great to my goats and flocks and hopefully one or two other things that I may not even be considering right now.
I figure a cover crop will be easier to clean up, in small sections, if I should decide on putting up a bed, than the weeds, so some areas won't be remain planted thru the season, but it won't be wasted......chickens can take care of whatever I pull up.
I am in the deep south. VERY DEEP. I'd appreciate suggestions that would help me with my problem.