How to protect your garden beds from weeds

The easiest way to clear the area for any crops. You will need any dense material that does not transmit light and inhibits the growth of shoots – roofing material, tarpaulin, cardboard or linoleum. Just cover the soil for about a month, then remove. Leaves and stems die off along with the root system, you just have to shovel them into a heap and burn them.

Sawdust, chopped bark, straw, dry grass or fallen leaves are laid in a thick layer on the surface of the beds and in the aisles. For large plants (pepper, tomato), it is convenient to use geotextiles; it is sold in any gardening store. The fabric is spread in the selected area, holes are made in the right places where the plants are planted and the fabric is covered with a 5-10 cm layer of soil or mulch.

After the bed is free, sow it with white mustard. The plant will quickly occupy the entire area and leave no chance for weeds. In the spring, you just dig a garden with it, it will be an excellent organic fertilizer. After mustard, few pathogens remain in the ground, and the number of pests is greatly reduced.

This remedy is not used in the beds, but in confined places, for example, cracks in paths, between garden tiles or porch steps. Prepare a mixture: 2 cups vinegar, XNUMX/XNUMX cup salt, a few drops of liquid dishwashing liquid; Shake well. Fill in a large syringe without a needle, inject cracks along the entire length inside. In wide cracks, you can pour the solution through the spout of the teapot. The earth is spilled along the fence with steep salty boiling water.

Some of the stubborn weeds like acidic soil, and it is this kind of land in most areas near Moscow. Moderately high acidity is given by woodlice, clover, plantain, dandelion, wheatgrass, chamomile, coltsfoot. Where they grow, add 200 g of lime per 1 sq. m. If the garden is chosen by moss, horsetail, sedge, buttercup, fern, then the soil is very acidic – you need at least 600-800 g of lime per 1 sq. m. m.