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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1700415" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>I have not used anything in my vegetable gardens in 40 years except for some BT years ago. I mulch heavy and weed. I have had little problems with weeds if the mulch is deep enough. This is also in several locations , not like it is the same garden plot every year. The last 2 years I have not had a veg garden due to the ankle replacement and now my knees... next year will be starting over in a new place.... where there is well established lawn grass. I will get it plowed and tilled and then it will get planted and mulched right then.... I have had the best luck with having pigs in the garden space in the fall-winter... then tilling and planting. They will eat and dig up all kinds of weeds/grass/junk......they can make some deeper holes that have to be worked over to level... </p><p>We use very little herbicides in our fields... but some if there is alot of junk in the hayfields for 2nd cutting to make square bales.... </p><p>I roll out a couple of crummy round bales... use anything that will decompose like cardboard and newspaper underneath....use grass clippings up around the plant stems.... anything organic that will break down by earthworms and such....but you need to cover the ground thick for mulch to work. Plus, any weeds that do come up, are so easy to pull because the earth under the mulch is softer, damp and friable. Pull em, lay em on top and let the sun dry them up and they will break back down to feed the soil again. No chemicals, herbicides or poisons in or around your food.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1700415, member: 25884"] I have not used anything in my vegetable gardens in 40 years except for some BT years ago. I mulch heavy and weed. I have had little problems with weeds if the mulch is deep enough. This is also in several locations , not like it is the same garden plot every year. The last 2 years I have not had a veg garden due to the ankle replacement and now my knees... next year will be starting over in a new place.... where there is well established lawn grass. I will get it plowed and tilled and then it will get planted and mulched right then.... I have had the best luck with having pigs in the garden space in the fall-winter... then tilling and planting. They will eat and dig up all kinds of weeds/grass/junk......they can make some deeper holes that have to be worked over to level... We use very little herbicides in our fields... but some if there is alot of junk in the hayfields for 2nd cutting to make square bales.... I roll out a couple of crummy round bales... use anything that will decompose like cardboard and newspaper underneath....use grass clippings up around the plant stems.... anything organic that will break down by earthworms and such....but you need to cover the ground thick for mulch to work. Plus, any weeds that do come up, are so easy to pull because the earth under the mulch is softer, damp and friable. Pull em, lay em on top and let the sun dry them up and they will break back down to feed the soil again. No chemicals, herbicides or poisons in or around your food. [/QUOTE]
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