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Gardening

alfie

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3. I' ready to finish cleaning out my beds.

Reply to Erich Bloodaxe BSN (Original post)

Mon Nov 3, 2014, 01:43 PM

Nov 2014

i am saving up cardboard, junk mail, etc to completely cover every (4 of them, 12 x 4 feet each) bed. I will top that with several inches of new compost then wheat straw. I'm hoping all the weed seeds flying around will be underneath the cardboard/paper cover. This was my worst year for weeds. The beds are about 8 years old and have gotten harder and harder to weed.

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Getting ready for 2015. [View all] Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2014 OP

I plan to get tulip bulbs in the ground this week. femmocrat Nov 2014 #1

I'll have to try and start them indoors early, I'm a bit too far north Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2014 #2

I' ready to finish cleaning out my beds. alfie Nov 2014 #3

I have a small enough garden that I can still Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2014 #4