Thanks for the feedback, Alice, we do have some persistent weeds down here, don't we.
I may have to run a trial with cardboard and see just how bad the ants take up residence beneath it. It would be great for it to work out, but I do have my doubts. But, I guess I need to try it.
Something else that I think I've figured out to do is to grow a more hardy crop...something that should grow well here and that I'm capable of making grow. I've heard that this plant makes some tasty grape-like jams and jellies and has other edible qualities about it. It's in the pea family, so a bit starchy. It is supposed to pull all sorts of good minerals and trace elements from deeper than most vegetables do and is also a good feed for livestock. It is a real multi-use plant! It is more or less drought resistant and requires little to no fertilizing!!! It grows well with little problem...it is a robust, vigorous grower. The only problem it has is with a tiny little bug that looks like a stinkbug...but that can't be too hard to deal with, can it? It's Latin name is
Pueraria lobata, around here we just call it kudzu.
