Dual track of planting and controlling weeds
Leif has a new article posted in the library. Here’s the first paragraph:
Seasonable temperatures are spurring the growth of landscape plants and weeds alike. To make gardening a bit easier throughout the season try to think on a dual track of planting and controlling weeds during the same period of the season.During the same days that you till and plant for annual flower and vegetable crops, take a few extra minutes to rough up the soil surface in other areas of the landscape where perennials, shrub and trees have been established. Quickly hoeing, cultivating, raking or stirring the soil surface when weed seeds are just barely germinating or are less than an inch tall is pretty easy compared to the task when weeds get several inches to a foot or more in size. Weed some, plant some and the garden is in good shape in short order, and easier to keep that way season long.
Leif’s articles appear in the Wednesday edition of the Northfield News, in the Farm and Garden section, just behind the sports page. All his previous articles are archived in our web library, going back to 2001.
