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  • From: Pat Meadows <pat AT meadows.pair.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Controling quackgrass organically?
  • Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:05:31 -0500

On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 23:20:18 -0400, you wrote:


>
>Of course I can go out and diligently dig it up--or cover it up with several
>layers of black plastic--yeah right! It's really getting itself established
>in the current noncrop strips and is going to be a real mess in a couple of
>years when I try to rotate it back to crop strips. The only thing I know to
>try right now is to get a better chisel plow, rip the hell out of the
>infested spots, and hope for another drought this summer. If that doesn't
>work I guess the next thing will be to look for another farm.
>

>From a gardener's standpoint - I cannot get rid of the damn stuff either. I
finally switched to growing most things in Self-Watering Containers. Quack
grass was a major part of the reason for the switch.

I think our entire backyard is composed solely of quack grass.

Our front yard is shaded by an oak tree, so it's not a suitable place for
growing veggies. The oak tree is good in that it shades the house; so
we're not taking it down until we must (it's growing too big). But for
now, it's either garden in containers or fight quack grass....

Pat
-- Northern Pennsylvania
http://www.entire-of-itself.blogspot.com/
'Every one of us can do something to protect and care for our planet.
We should live in such a way that makes a future possible.'
- Thich Nhat Hanh




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