This only works if you are not in a hurry. Grass and weeds won't survive under a sheet of black plastic. Depending on the season, that requires several months. I started vegetable beds in 2016 using that method. The ground was ready by late April. That link here.
This area will be annual flowers, mainly zinnias, marigolds, cosmos. I might stick in somecdahlias and sunflowers as experiments to see if deer eat them. At the back, by the fence, are the forsythias I started for a hedge.
Thanks Daniel. Read this and the linked older post. There's a 10x50 mound where the well-water storage tank is buried, that I did in the "Back to Eden" method several years ago (wood chip mulch over coardboard). It's now a lush patch of weeds! A couple 10x25 rolls of 3.5 mil plastic from the orange box store and some firewood off the pile and by next summer it'll be ready to rehab.
ReplyDeleteI think that will work. It always does for me. Some people would rototill - too much work. Plus I'm not up to fighting with a tiller any more. Or use a sod cutter. Some would spray glyphosate, but some brands have other herbicides that carry over for a year. I think the black plastic is the best option.
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