permaculture

["Michelle Maggiore" <mmaggior@mindspring.com>]

The suggestions are all valuable, so many great resources to call on for 
different approaches....

 On Gardenweb (the organic forum) there was some debate amongst people on 
whether or not spraying vinegar solution on it is good. Opinions? (A debate 
broke out on that list too because of the mention of glycophosphate....

I did spray vinegar on a test area, it was white vinegar, and it has been two 
days. Not seeing much change  yet, but it should be noted that this test area 
was a pathway, not a bed.I like the idea of vinegar because it would ba an 
on-farm solution, once our apple trees really start to produce.

I am leaning toward solarization at this point, or chickens, once we build 
another chicken tractor for them, because recent manual removal increased its 
presence three-fold in no time (One month), and I weeded it during a waning 
moon. 

it has been two or three months since the rye was growing in some of the 
beds,  and no there's still no bermuda in those spots, a heartening sign.

Thanks all!
Michelle in VA

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