permaculture

[Scott Pittman <pci@permaculture-inst.org>]

At 04:56 PM 3/21/00 -0800, you wrote:
> Dawn wrote:
> >My parents moved into a new place in IA and want to remove some grass
> to plant a garden and flowers. Does anyone know a good way to get rid
> of
> grass for good without herbicides?
>
> >Black plastic hasn't worked. We left parts of the lawn covered for a
> year one time but when the ground below contacts air and light again
> the
> grass comes back from the root. She got a rototiller and was thinking
> of tilling it under. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
>
>
> Dawn, since you're new to permaculture, I'll provide you a little
> distance learning:
>
> Use all weapons at your disposal: herbicides, black plastic, and
> rototilling. Cement is also helpful. This is what we call "stacking
> functions"
>
> Integrating Pleidian guidance from Zone 6, chant to the weed devas (or
> "wevas"), smoke a bunch of tobacco, and then relax atop your
> karkeloffen until it's time to coppice the basket willows. This is the
> window of opportunity when the "designah becomes the reclinah".
>
> Enjoy!
> verne

I heard explosives are good, too
arina