Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Laura McKenzie" <laurabrownmckenzie@worldnet.att.net>]

Paul,  I have to add two similar misconceptions.  This comes from my friends 
who have livestock.

1.  You must use herbicides to have good hay.... I think 2-4-D is what is 
used  ... could that be the correct name?

2.  You must use herbicides along your fences because you can't keep the 
weeds down easily otherwise.

Of course all the smaller gardeners who are not organic grab Roundup at 
every possible opportunity. I've probably said this before; Roundup is a 
religion here.

 I don't know enough about growing hay to advise the one guy and I have no 
trouble with keeping weeds off our fences (One surrounding 1/2 an acre and 
one surrounding 1/4th of an acre.  We just go along and pull but I do have 
the boys helping me and my friends have no one.

 I talked to a young lady whose family has a farm just a few weeks ago and 
found that their farm doesn't use herbicides.  "We can't afford it anymore 
but we need to use it as our hay quality isn't as good as it used to be," is 
what she said.

 BTW, I have called everyone in this area for a flame weeder (even naming 
several brands) and all I get is "never heard of anything like that." I 
can't afford one anymore but some day I hope to get one. It would make my 
life here a little easier.


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