[Garden] Gardening today

[Jennifer Hood]

I'll swing by today after work and take a stab at that grass.

My understanding is that if straw is just put down on top, the grass will
just grow taller and through the straw and will need to be hand weeded
anyways.

Jen

On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 11:37 PM, Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca> wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 07:36:43PM -0400, Tom Kelly wrote:
> >
> > Perhaps I could spread the compost pile over the area thickly enough to
> keep
> > the grass down, any objections?
>
> I would prefer that we hand-weed or use a hoe. We have never
> cultivated that area of the garden before, so it is no surprise that
> it is weedy (last year it was all grass and ragweed). Maybe I will
> take a stab at it on Sunday.
>
> My understanding is also that compost cooks quicker if it is in a
> mound than spread thinly.
>
> Having said that I am not going to argue this too strongly. My real
> preference would be to get a few more gardeners out; many hands make
> for light work. There are 66 people on this mailing list, after all.
>
> - Paul
>
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Jennifer Hood
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