What Did You Do In The Garden?

[ducks4you]

@ducks4you burdock, hmm, some parts are supposedly edible, but i've not tried any of them. luckily these are not a common weed/pest species here. there's a few in the north hedge, but i leave them alone.

i hope the smothering with cardboard approach helps.

MY horses and traveling brought them to this property. Your property could easily grow burdock, you just haven't had any seeds sprout on it. The cardboard I have collected has filled up the back of my truck! It has a topper, but you can't see through to the back at the moment.
Doesn't matter. DD had me bring in the truck (WITH most of this cardboard in the back) to pick up a free 1920's period oak 4 piece cabinet. Somebody moved offices and her boss called the piece "junk to be thrown away, so my DD took it. She had previously taken a 6 ft tall 1950's era oak bookcase, and last week she took home a 1940's period oak coat rack with minor damage. She priced the cabinet at ~$400.00 on Ebay. If you didn't know my 2 DD"s bought a 1920's era brick home, with original molding. These pieces and others match the house very well.
Back to the cardboard:
http://homeguides.sfgate.com/use-cardboard-stop-weeds-29887.html
https://lifehacker.com/5923808/put-an-end-to-weeds-in-the-garden-with-a-sheet-of-cardboard
https://www.livinghomegrown.com/weed-control-tips/
Any cardboard that won't go flat, like wrapping paper rolls, will get burned. I just will have to remember NOT to till up the seeds in a few years where the cardboard has rotted!

 

[ducks4you]

If what you do works, why make a change?

PreCISELY!!!
You are the one doing the labor, so I agree that if you are satisfied, continue to do what you have done in the past.

 

[Nyboy]

Ducks your daughters smart oak is almost indestructible it last for ever.

 

[ducks4you]

Agreed! They have to do a small bit of glueing and then some orange glow and buffing TLC, but they are both English Majors and are going to display the books that they each HAD to read but didn't care for---"Moby Dick" anyone?--just to show off.
Some of the books that they rest of us wouldn't pull out to tackle on a long winter's night, DD's actually read and liked, such as "The Canterbury Tales."
Speaking of wood, have you heard about this?:
https://www.niagara.nz/pages/sustainable/
I saw this used for building in a recent "This Old House" episode.

 

[flowerbug]

@ducks4you if you can avoid burning anything organic unless you need the heat for cooking or keeping warm or the ashes for soapmaking, etc. well, it is so much better to bury stuff instead. hollow tubes for wrapping paper or toilet paper rolls can be used to start seedlings (deeper taprooted plants will really like the longer rolls ).

people around here often burn their ditches but they don't realize that it really messes up the soil holding capability of them and most of the nutrients/ashes will wash/blow away. much better if they just chopped them back once in a while. it's hard to get people to change their ways... sorry, i shouldn't *lecture* like this...

yes, once you have smothered a weed population you do want to avoid disturbing the soil in that area until the seeds have had a chance to be eaten up or rotted away. some seeds will last a long time though. can't avoid all of them. just have to keep an eye on things.

 

[Nyboy]

Duck this stuff is great cheap and easy to use Home depot has it https://www.homedepot.com/p/Howard-16-oz-Golden-Oak-Wood-Finish-Restorer-RF3016/100592964

 

[Nyboy]

If the furniture has years of grime best way to clean. Get the hand degreaser mechanics use,one brand name is goop. With super fine steel wool use goop to lightly scrub small section then wipe off with paper towel. move to next section. This really works great on pieces that have been in a home with smokers. Takes sticky nicotine right off

 

[digitS']

Tar.

Nicotine just ..

. eats its way in.

Steve

 

[Nyboy]

Steve it can be cleaned try it, goop cost under $4

 

[Nancy Vinci]

Cleared the weeds