Garden Trick~ Fight Off Spring Weeds Naturally & At Virtually No Cost

Posted by Jennifer Carles on Sunday, May 13th, 2018 at 3:00 PM
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We have had such a mild winter here in North Texas that the spring weeds are already starting to pop up! Follow these five easy and cheap steps to organic weed control to make your life easier!

Step 1- Gather your materials:

~ Garden tools like trowels and rakes
~ Grass clippings, leaves or mulch to cover your area at least 2-inches thick
~ Newspaper (the secret weapon) Start collecting newspapers all year long and use it up each spring.
Step 2- Trim shrubs and perennials, then pull bigger weeds.Try to get the roots of the perennial weeds (like dandelions), but for the annual weeds just pull the biggest ones so that the paper can lay down flat. The layers will kill any little ones left.

Step 3- Start layering the paper, your secret weapon. Here are some pointers to remember when laying the paper:

~ The thicker you layer the paper, the more weed-blocking it will do.
~ Don’t use shiny, colored ads- just regular newsprint.
~ Overlap the edges of the papers a good inch or two as to not give an opening for the weeds.
~ Water well first, and then spray the paper as well. The mulch will help hold in the moisture for that time of year. If you use soaker hoses, lay the paper under them.

Step 5- Lastly, cover all the paper with grass clippings (if you want to avoid any out of pocket cost) or mulch. The more you use, the better it will suppress weeds – a 2-inch layer is minimum.

Then sit back and enjoy how clean and tidy your beds looks – and will continue to look for all spring and summer long! 🙂

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