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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1818142" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>I can't help... never have and never will use any chemicals in the garden around food I am going to eat. Get enough chemicals in food and such I have no control over, not willing to put it on stuff I grow.... I till/plow in the spring... and MULCH.... heavy... and then can easily spot weed/pull. My garden this year was 50 x 100 m/l..... 2/3 in potatoes since the da@#&d groundhogs and deer don't seem to eat them.... I use anything for mulch... lay down paper feed sacks that do not have the plastic liners, cardboard, newspapers...mark off your rows and lay them in the "walkways" between the rows.... then old hay/straw/grass clippings on top to hold them and it all will be gone next year when they plow it in the spring... I can pull the morning glories pretty easy that way, and any other weeds because the soil is more moist underneath and come out alot easier than if it is hard concrete/dirt when it gets dry. </p><p>I also have earthworms here that were not here the first year they tilled.... I did use some old hay that had been off a field treated for horse nettle and johnson grass and the cucumbers and melons and butternut squash all died... so I am careful where the old hay comes from and if questionable, it sits there for 2 years before I use it...If it kills the plants, what in the world can it be doing to your body????</p><p>I don't till it after the initial tilling unless I leave a section for later (hot weather crops) and then might retill and then plant and mulch... all that mulch and stuff adds organic matter and improves the tilth also. My current garden was in grass/lawn for 10 years before I moved here...It had been garden area many years earlier... but they did not use anything but commercial fertilizer and the soil is not as loamy as I would like... going to dump all sorts of leaves and stuff on it this winter to try to improve it more...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1818142, member: 25884"] I can't help... never have and never will use any chemicals in the garden around food I am going to eat. Get enough chemicals in food and such I have no control over, not willing to put it on stuff I grow.... I till/plow in the spring... and MULCH.... heavy... and then can easily spot weed/pull. My garden this year was 50 x 100 m/l..... 2/3 in potatoes since the da@#&d groundhogs and deer don't seem to eat them.... I use anything for mulch... lay down paper feed sacks that do not have the plastic liners, cardboard, newspapers...mark off your rows and lay them in the "walkways" between the rows.... then old hay/straw/grass clippings on top to hold them and it all will be gone next year when they plow it in the spring... I can pull the morning glories pretty easy that way, and any other weeds because the soil is more moist underneath and come out alot easier than if it is hard concrete/dirt when it gets dry. I also have earthworms here that were not here the first year they tilled.... I did use some old hay that had been off a field treated for horse nettle and johnson grass and the cucumbers and melons and butternut squash all died... so I am careful where the old hay comes from and if questionable, it sits there for 2 years before I use it...If it kills the plants, what in the world can it be doing to your body???? I don't till it after the initial tilling unless I leave a section for later (hot weather crops) and then might retill and then plant and mulch... all that mulch and stuff adds organic matter and improves the tilth also. My current garden was in grass/lawn for 10 years before I moved here...It had been garden area many years earlier... but they did not use anything but commercial fertilizer and the soil is not as loamy as I would like... going to dump all sorts of leaves and stuff on it this winter to try to improve it more... [/QUOTE]
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