[Garden] Gardening today

[Madeline Rosamond]

We beat you all and hoed it yesterday, suckers!
Don't worry, there will probably be lots to weed next week again.

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 8:39 AM, Jennifer Hood<frozenleaf at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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Maddy Rosamond
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University of Waterloo
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