So discouraging

[Ascholten]

Soak the ground VERY WELL. Either wait for a huge rainstorm, or if you have a well, best option, otherwise can get VERY expensive, let water run there for a few hours at least, maybe even overnight. Throttle it of course, don't need a million gallons of water dumped in a day. The goal being, the ground is totally soaked, almost a mud bath. The weeds come right up then with little effort and a lot less chance of breaking the roots off, only to see them coming back 4 weeks later. Also, if you do need to till, this is also a good time as everything will whirl around and any root balls etc are easily seen and plucked out of the dirt for whatever you are going to put there next.

Aaron

 

[shwestleigh]

Soak the ground VERY WELL. Either wait for a huge rainstorm, or if you have a well, best option, otherwise can get VERY expensive, let water run there for a few hours at least, maybe even overnight. Throttle it of course, don't need a million gallons of water dumped in a day. The goal being, the ground is totally soaked, almost a mud bath. The weeds come right up then with little effort and a lot less chance of breaking the roots off, only to see them coming back 4 weeks later. Also, if you do need to till, this is also a good time as everything will whirl around and any root balls etc are easily seen and plucked out of the dirt for whatever you are going to put there next.

Aaron

I’ll try that the ground is pretty soft anyways due to use living along a river so it’s pretty soft and silty.

 

[Isadora]

Salt water works wonders, non toxic and takes out weeds (and everything else too so be careful).

Good Luck.
Aaron

Hey Aaron, how much salt are we talking about? I was trying to find a non-toxic solution to spray the driveway since I have kids and free-range birds.

 

[Ascholten]

As much as the water can hold, saturate it. If there is salt in the bottom, no biggie, just spray the liquid on. Use water softener salt, its a lot cheaper than table salt. If you live close to the ocean, or in Utah, or newly divorced and your name is Lott, well, you got other much cheaper sources for salt Lets call this a few cups of salt per gallon.

I use it in the cracks of the driveway, yes when it dries it leaves the white residue where you oversprayed but that goes away next hosing / rain or so. Id not use it in a garden since it can spread and really trash your soil if you go overboard but, on driveways, patio's, along fencelines etc, it works great.

Aaron.

Edit: Animals need salt at times, that is why deer lick salt blocks etc, so on and so forth. It the chickens see it, they may lick it, but I have a real good feeling that once the salt gets on their lips they won't be licking much more of it Even if they do lick it and rub it in their gums, it won't hurt them much and they probably leave it alone after the initial curiosity.