Well, since I wrote up this draft for the post, I found another way to handle this weed garden from hell - roofing shingles and rocks. We know someone re-roofing, so we hope to get some of the old singles soon. Until then, guests will just have to enjoy the weed fest going on.
We are due to have 4 days of rain starting today (again). Sunday we had planned to piddle around, but guess what? We took off south to pick up a new radiator for our 19 year-old's car. While we were there, my step-daughter called. She gave birth to our 3rd grand child - a boy. We drove north and made a visit to the hospital. What a busy weekend.
I don't have clean house slippers to work around the house today. Sigh. Thanks to Jesse. He's been so good off the leash, and in plain day light I just go out with him. However, he smelled a dead rabbit in the road and went straight for it. He's back on the leash after I ran through the sopping grass, saturating my slippers and socks. My slippers are drying after a good washing. As for that dead rabbit? Hubby went out and shoveled it off into the field north of us. We later watched a vulture having it's meal.
Congratulations on the new grandson!! Grandbabies are such fun.
ReplyDeleteThe weeds in your rose bed look suspiciously like the quack grass I fight all the time. If it is, other than digging and pulling it out, you'll have to try smothering/killing it for a long time since the roots can be two feet long under the soil. What a pain!
ReplyDeleteWhen I was weeding my raised beds yesterday, I was unhappy to find the small brown ants having a convention in one corner of a bed. I've never seen them in the soil before. It's usually the bigger black ones. If you find a safe (successful!) way to get rid of them, let me know, please.
Thank you Vicki
ReplyDeleteMama Pea, those roots must be very deep. So frustrating. I'll let you know if I find a way to kill the ants in my herb garden.
ReplyDeleteI know a perfect ant killer (use it myself) - 20% vinegar. As for weeds, nothing eco-friendly works well, in fact :(
ReplyDeleteThanks Smily!
ReplyDeleteI've used vinegar on ants, too, and it seemed to work. It seems that every year, there is a new insect that is over the top in my garden! My sister just cleared an area of weeds using a combination of vinegar, Epsom salt and dish soap. Not sure if that is something that you'd think of as 'safe', but it worked for her.
ReplyDeleteThanks Susan, I could use that mix for weeds on the weed bed. Nothing edible in it. Just some roses that didn't do well last year. I'll give it a try after our rain stops and dries up.
ReplyDeleteDiatomaceous earth seems to work on hard shelled insects. My bag came with an accordion pleated puffer.
ReplyDeleteThanks hart
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