Yep! in Newspaper as Mulch

By valleylynn
January 21, 2012

Inexpensive weed block: I use newspapers as a free source of material to block weeds once my tomato plants are in the ground. Over the growing season the newspaper is converted to wonderful compost by a combination of water, soil contact, and worms.

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crittergarden

Mar 1, 2012 12:06 PM CST

Surprisingly GREEN Pittsburgh (Zone 6a)

Just the other day, I decided I'm going to go ahead and Roundup most of the lawn.
Nothing but the bulbs have sprouted yet and I can avoid hitting them.
The grass has encroached into the flowerbeds and I need to kill it there, so I think I'll just do the whole thing....

I don't like Roundup, but I'm not above it when I need to get rid of something that fights too hard to do by hand.
Like jaggers.
Or grass.

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valleylynn

Mar 1, 2012 4:53 PM CST

Name: Lynn
Oregon City, OR (Zone 8b)

I know what you mean about fighting the grass. What is jaggers?

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crittergarden

Mar 5, 2012 11:28 AM CST

Surprisingly GREEN Pittsburgh (Zone 6a)

Sorry - that's Pittsburghese for things with thorns.
There's one horrible weed here that has massive roots that don't come out when you pull the thorny weed.
That's what I keep Roundup on hand for.

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valleylynn

Mar 6, 2012 12:13 PM CST

Name: Lynn
Oregon City, OR (Zone 8b)