Tilling & Cutting Weeds

Conversations About Tilling & Cutting Weeds

• rototiller questions

  My church is starting a community garden (150'x75'-----approx 11000sq ft). We have a garden tractor we could put hitch on and use sleeve hitch or 3 point tools. At this point, I'm looking at other ways to get close to the same result. Self propelled tillers were suggested. I want… More

• How good is my smil?

  Okay ive been digging in my raised garden bed tilling the soil and taking out reg rocks and clay rocks. Im thinking i need to add more than just my Greenall soil booster to make it deep enough to plant my narcissus and pansy's and chrysanthemums. Should i add some… More

• Gardening in the ground

  I could almost cry this question sounds so silly, but I really don't know what to do: I will be tilling up my flower bed by hand in a few days with a hoe and a shovel. Currently my "flower bed" is covered in grass and decomposing leaves. do I… More

• weird corn

  We planted corn in the last week of May or 1st week of June. The farmer next door planted his corn a week before us and his is a normal height. He didn't water his, and I don't know if he's getting ears yet. But ours is half the height… More

• Compost...

  Bins and tumblers I think are ok for folks who live on city lots, have limited space and all. For folks like me who have bitten off more than they can chew in terms of garden space, such things are not sufficient. At a former property I had big maple… More

• Kathy's Southern Ohio Garden

  I moved into my first house six years ago and was so excited to finally have a lot of space to plant. Before that I was limited to containers and shade only plants. One of my goals is to have something blooming from April through October. Here are my areas:… More

• Newbie checking in!

  So here I am, first post. I figured the board needed more input from the great Northwest, I have seen a few on here from my general zone so at least I'm not alone here. I spend most of my garden time growing veggies, with a few flowers thrown in… More

• Strawberries

  I'm hoping someone here may know the answer to this question, I went out on the web to look up strawberry growing in hanging containers and found some informatin. What I am really looking for is if I container plant them in hanging pots, what do I do over the… More

• too late to plant grass seed and shrubs?

  hello everyone, i am a very new gardener. i love in new jersey and have spent the past 5 weeks cleaning and tilling out my lawn until it is the cleanest, nicest dirt in all of our area. the trouble is it took us so much longer to prepare the… More

• Ok I Have One For You!!

  These grew 3 yrs in a row in the same place,even after tilling and all. Anyclue?? They all seem to look like corn but a complete different texture and shade of green . Thanks.. Kale:) More

• Rototillers

  I've got a TroyBuilt rototiller, a "Pony" this thing will just not die! I've had it for nine years. It's like that "Energizer Bunny", keeps tilling & tilling. Anybody else had good luck with a tiller? Paul zone3 More

• Mulching Onions?

  Do you mulch Onions, Ive set out six rows Onion sets on raised beds appox 28" wide , using a six inch spacing wire grid, the onions have taken off well, but noticed the little weeds also have taken off as well, on my hands and knees I with Maggie's… More

• To till or not to till what should I do?

  Well spring has sprung in Upstate NY and it is time to get out and starting getting the garden ready for my veggies! My issue is this: Poor soil in yard...so hubby dug large hole (10 feet by 30 feet about 3 feet deep) with his backhoe (he is heavy… More

• garden mulch

  I have numerous maple trees in my yard.I have been tilling their leaves into my veggy garden.Do these leaves bother certain plants? I was told that a chemical in maple leaves may have adverse effects on some veggys. More

• Attempts at a garden :)

  I'm starting from scratch and I am deciding between 2 plans. I called the utilities to have their mark and I'll be tilling this weekend/beg of next week. I'm in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Zone 6B with a North facing front yard. More

• Lasagna Beds an overview

  At Yardgranny's request I'll try to explain without sounding to anal.. First, the idea behind the veggie garden was my DH's. His idea of a veggie bed it a long wide rectangle, with chicken wire (or similar fencing), that you walk down the rows and weed, weed, weed. 1) I… More

• compost and tilling questions.

  Ok i have a ton of questions. I'm a complete idiot when it comes to this stuff. Here are my questions concerning composting and soil: Composting: 1) I have a dog so I would need to somehow make a compost pile that he couldn't get into. Is it easier to… More

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