What did you do in the garden today?

[WthrLady]

I have got loofah growing from last year seeds - every where! Including my table where we cleaned them - growing up through it!

So, you're saying you're the new ground zero for the southern luffa invasion, akin to kudzu. Noted.

 

[WthrLady]

OK note to self (and everyone else here) RoundUp no longer kills ragweed. It's not even on the list of things it kills on the new labels. I wish I had seen that a gallon and $$ ago.
Grumble.
Spectricide still has it listed.
The ragweed is coming up fast and furious, pulling and hoeing, I cannot keep up.
Today's list is putting down 12 bags of mulch to deter what I have already cleared, and watering the tomato starts. I'll plant some this weekend and some next as some are a week behind the others in size.
A full load of mini-marshies in the freeze dryer today. Niece and nephew love them to crunch on.

 

[fuzzi]

OK note to self (and everyone else here) RoundUp no longer kills ragweed. It's not even on the list of things it kills on the new labels. I wish I had seen that a gallon and $$ ago.
Grumble.
Spectricide still has it listed.
The ragweed is coming up fast and furious, pulling and hoeing, I cannot keep up.
Today's list is putting down 12 bags of mulch to deter what I have already cleared, and watering the tomato starts. I'll plant some this weekend and some next as some are a week behind the others in size.
A full load of mini-marshies in the freeze dryer today. Niece and nephew love them to crunch on.

Get a weed burner torch thingie. I want one for the honeysuckle and Virginia Creeper and wisteria and privet and poison ivy.

Okay, NOT for the poison ivy. I'm planning on getting goats for that...

 

[chicken opey]

Get a weed burner torch thingie. I want one for the honeysuckle and Virginia Creeper and wisteria and privet and poison ivy.
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Okay, NOT for the poison ivy. I'm planning on getting goats for that...

I got a dragon for Mother’s Day and .

 

[Sueby]

My DH burns all the weeds too. Apparently you don't have to torch them till they no longer exist, you just have to burn them a little & it destroys the cell structure of the plant & then that kills it along with the roots.

Got the dahlias in the ground & gave the rest away on FB. Along with an old patio table that was just collecting pollen out back. & a bit of the GIANT bag of soil acidifier I bought not knowing how big it was.

The last Greenstalk has been filled. Fed & watered the lettuce GreenStalk. Now I smell like the ocean & the dog wants to lick me. The deck is all cleaned up of all my potting stuff, nice to have the deck back! Rosemary is planted & aerogarden is shut down for the season.

Going out to get the marigolds in. Then working on the garden paths & getting cardboard & chips down.

Love long weekends! I'm gonna sleep well tonight.

 

[Liz Birdlover]

Just talked to DH about a garden weed torch. He said yeah but make sure not right up against wood bldg & always do a 30 min fire watch after finishing as something could smolder. He knows I'm talking about the darn nutsedge balls, clumps of them so thick you can see them right there at the top of the ground! Yup, I will need to be careful, but I sure do want to try it.

 

[fuzzi]

Just talked to DH about a garden weed torch. He said yeah but make sure not right up against wood bldg & always do a 30 min fire watch after finishing as something could smolder. He knows I'm talking about the darn nutsedge balls, clumps of them so thick you can see them right there at the top of the ground! Yup, I will need to be careful, but I sure do want to try it.

 

[Sueby]

Just talked to DH about a garden weed torch. He said yeah but make sure not right up against wood bldg & always do a 30 min fire watch after finishing as something could smolder. He knows I'm talking about the darn nutsedge balls, clumps of them so thick you can see them right there at the top of the ground! Yup, I will need to be careful, but I sure do want to try it.

You'll love it, no chemicals! Just remember you don't have to completely torch it, just hit it with the heat & it will die off in a couple days. It's worked wonders on the crabgrass that grows in our gravel driveway.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I use salt in 30 percent vinegar, boil them the till salt has disappeared. That is all I use I guess I am one that believes in
natural.
My go to for weeds.

 

[chicken opey]

So, you're saying you're the new ground zero for the southern luffa invasion, akin to kudzu. Noted.

Yes but better! I use the loofah to clean w - in coop and house. Kudzu is totally useless to me