Weeds

We have spent this week catching up on weeding. Of course it is Kentucky so it is very hot and humid. We have been getting up early to work outside, followed by inside work and then back outside after supper. We are hoping to have everything caught back up by the end of the week. The weeds got ahead of us because of me being sick followed by 2 very busy weeks. We are trying to get everything back into shape before we leave for vacation in a couple of weeks.

When the weeds are this bad, sometimes I think Round-up would be so much easier but I know that is a short term solution that is bad for groundwater and the soil (not to mention my asthma). The thought passes and I keep pulling those weeds. The best path to weed control is good mulching and plantings that fill in space followed by maintenace weeding as the weeds rear their ugly little heads. It is especially important to get the weeds before they set any seed as they will then spread their seed and provide you with more weeds next year.

Having opened so many new beds in the past couple of years, weeding is still a bigger task than I would like it to be but I know that it will get better as the plants mature. The best part will be when we start getting even more of our own fruit. All the work last year with our strawberry pyramid was well worth it as we were eating our own freshly picked organic strawberries this year so I will keep weeding.