Getting crabby with crab grass
A reader named Cris wrote in recently re: an article about knocking down weeds
and trying to avoid the dreaded R-word: Roundup.
Sally had said she uses several sheets of newspaper end rolls (available for dirt cheap
at the front entrance of the Enterprise Record).
Cris said she has long used Glad bags secured with rocks. She said its the only thing she
has found that works. I've heard of other people who use black plastic garbage bags or
tarps to knock down weeds. The key, I supposed is to do this early in the season before
you're getting itchy to plant things there.
We've pretty much knocked out the Velcro weed just through force of will and that fact that
when Tommy gets started on a task he is fairly persistent about getting it done. There are
still a few stragglers here and there, but at least there is an end in sight.
Any readers who have other suggestions, please share.