This weekend is the Declutter The Weeds Event! All are welcome! haha
The compost bin will be getting an addition!
Having been gone for 7 weeks and having the sprinkler system malfunction during that time has resulted in a yard (well, 1/2 a yard) of large weeds. One half has a large amount of large ones, the other 1/2 has just deadness until the trees.
John is planning to fix the sprinklers this weekend – we get to water 2 times a week here. Guess we get to “remodel” the backyard. We’ve always wanted to add a fire pit.
Decluttering the Stuff 
Yikes! Weeds!
One thing I have learned through permaculture though is that, when you remove a pioneer plant (that’s what weeds are – they’re opportunists that grow where they find a space), if you don’t fill the space you made, another pioneer (a.k.a weed) will soon take its place.
So by all means remove the weeds. But fill the gaps with something, so they don’t come back. I find cottage garden seed mixes are really good, but any type of flower seed mix, or grass seed mix works well. That way, when the weeds try to come back, they’ll find something is already in the place they want to take! 🙂
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Thanks! We just need something that doesn’t require too much water and early maintenance. Grass here is a lot of work to get going.
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Maybe some wildflowers that are local to your area? All I know is that whenever I weed I have to fill the gaps, or the weeds just come back! Happy gardening, whatever you grow! 🙂
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I live in an apartment so the only weeds I have are the little ones that grow on our patio… and they take like 1 second to pull out. Otherwise if i knew more about weeds, I’d try to offer you some advice or something!
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Thanks! I think this only happened because the grass died off. An excuse to “remodel”
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How awful! But hey, you get to remodel 🙂
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I know! Unplanned remodeling is our life lately!
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I’ll be right there, as soon as I find my gardening gloves!
wow, those are some tall weeds!!
Yay for a fire pit! CAn ya burn the weeds in it??
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I wish! Fires like that are against the law. Beside, the Blue Cut Fire is only about 25 miles away. Someone would assume our house is burning and call the fire department!
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Oh no! Sorry, I didn’t know.
How awful! I’m glad it’s not!
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John was BBQ’ing once and a neighbor called the fire department thinking we were burning something else. Not wanting to repeat that!
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OH no!!! But how did the burgers taste after the fire department “Extinguished” them???? lol
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It was steak that night! And they were being eaten when they arrived. They had to check the house and yard to verify we weren’t burning something else. We have ODD neighbors – but they at least keep an eye on things – “did you know your sprinker is going” “there are coyotes wandering the street. Is your dog in the house?” “we will be on vacation until Sunday so R and T are collecting your mail” even though the post office was supposed to have stopped delivering while we were on vacation. These are just a few of the test messages I’ve gotten in the last couple of months.
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Mercy!!
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