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don't know, seems to be more gardening than pasture management....but maybe I'm wrong.

does anyone know of a 'chemical free' way of getting rid of burdock and/or bull thisle other than manualy by hand?
I seem to have a 101 reactions to chemicals = I react BADDLY to round-up/weed sprays :???:

My fiance's :heart: yard is full of both of them, (he lives on the main farm with his folks right now - but we are going to be building a house shortly on his own land) and I'm starting to clean up his yard and after just under 2 acres of doing it the hard way I'm sore and whiny...

advice welcome. :help:

he's in north-central minnesota-
 
he purchased a flame weeder.... we will see how it goes... brush hogging is slow and tedious around the tree cover in his yard....thanks all
 
Never figured out why Glyphosate could not be used even with organic gardening. May be against some rules but it's what I use. I use a mop frame with an old towel attached. Just drag it up and down the rows. Or I put a coffee can over the spray nozzle and spot treat individual weeds.
Weed barrier. newspaper, cardboard, or a thick layer of mulch will help slow them down. Weed eat the tall stuff first.
 
Speaking of glyphosate... I started wondering why certain patches of grass looked like they'd been sprayed, until I noticed their proximity to my dog kennel.

Now I'm wondering why I'm lettin urine go to the septic tank when I could just keep a handy bucket and have free, organic-approved weedkiller. Has anyone ever tried it?
 
regolith":1v9buww2 said:
Speaking of glyphosate... I started wondering why certain patches of grass looked like they'd been sprayed, until I noticed their proximity to my dog kennel.

Now I'm wondering why I'm lettin urine go to the septic tank when I could just keep a handy bucket and have free, organic-approved weedkiller. Has anyone ever tried it?
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Organic gardeners commonly use urine as a nitrogen source. If you pee on something and it dies it is because it just received an over dose of nitrogen.
Mixed with tobacco juice it is supposed to work on getting rid of fire ants.
 
I'm thinking of putting down a weed guard or mulch next year. Pulling weeds is too much of a hassle and with these long droughts, they grow like crazy taking over my garden. Is glyphosate poisonous to humans? I'm guessing it would kill my plants which is why you use a mop or spray directly on the weeds but what if it gets into the good plants? Will it kill them or make them non-edible?
 

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