permaculture

[Marshall Chrostowski <mcfarm@silcom.com>]

I share Allan's opinion and experience with flame weeders. These tools 
are designed to control newly emerging weeds, particularly annuals, and 
not established ones. I've used them off and on for more than two 
decades in my landscaping business as well as in my organic farming. 
When I worked as an certification inspector of organic farming 
operations, flamers were coming into use as an alternative to tillage as 
farmers sought to ally "organic" with conventional low-tillage agronomic 
systems.

Marshall Chrostowski
Santa Barbara, CA