What did you do in your garden today?

[Rillowen]

you learn after a while which weeds you need to keep after right away and those that you can just get after eventually.

quack grass in this heavy soil is no fun but after a few years i can clear it from an area and keep it under control as long as i have the time to scrape and work on the edge. a better edge would help a lot but i don't often have materials for that.

I only recently learned about edging, im hoping it will be a game changer for me. I have alot of Johnson grass here though, wow that stuff is tenacious, the rhizomes are so fragile they just splinter, and regrow, but the roots are sharp and can puncture through anything!

 

[Grandmas Porch]

Going to just water and weed,

 

[flowerbug]

I only recently learned about edging, im hoping it will be a game changer for me....

i don't ever recommend that black plastic stuff that is about 8inches tall, it's just not deep enough for a lot of the problem grasses/weeds like quackgrass or horsetail. 18 inches minimum. even a few layers of overlapping cardboard (use the plainest kinds you can find (no shiny stuff and remove all tape and staples)) if that is all you can find to use, it may not last longer than a few years but at least it is better than nothing. in our soil/subsoil it can be pretty tough to dig down that deep but once it's done at least i know i won't have as much troubles for a few years.