Enjoy a delicious harvest without the unwanted sprouts.
Is It Possible to Have No Weeds in Your Garden?
“But it definitely is possible to limit the amount of weeds that grow in your garden bed.”
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Weeds need what your garden plants need: soil, sunlight, and water.
Because of this, there’s no way to keep them out of your lawn completely.
“Untreated wood chips and straw do a great job of keeping weeds at bay,” says Warner.
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“I prefer to use these products in walkways, garden beds, and around my lilac trees.”
According to Warner, it’s a tried-and-true method she puts into practice throughout the year.
“I like to use tarps over my growing spaces to manage weeds.
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It pulls weeds from the soil with minimal disruption to your garden.
It’s especially helpful, she says, for preventing back and knee soreness while working.
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“Walk over it a few times to help it stay in place.”
It’s an ideal short-term solution.
Use Cover Crops
Sometimes the best weed prevention hack is planting what’s known as cover crops.
“Legumes, clover, grasses or overwinter cover crops are great all year round,” Warner says.
Additionally, be extremely careful when using this method as a weed killer.
If white vinegar makes contact with a plant you want to keep, it might accidentally kill the plant.
As you search for a trusty weed preventer, here are a few things to consider.
Some non-organic weed preventers include materials that can kill vegetable plants you want to harvest.
Do you want to do manual labor?Though manuallypulling weedsis highly effective, it’s very tiring.
