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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 537630" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Lisa, just a couple more ideas...</p><p></p><p>1) you could hire somebody with a roto-tiller to dig it all up... gives you a base to start from, more environmentally friendly than round-up, and you can start growing stuff immediately. Around here, it's almost as cheap as buying chemicals.... and on top of clearing the earth, it preps for planting.</p><p></p><p>2) get some corn-gluten weed treatment. This does NOT solve the "currently growing" weeds, but it does stop seed germination. Note: you can't use this with newly seeded grass, nor in a garden... for obvious reasons. But if you have some patches where there's more grass than weeds (even if it's 51% grass!), the corn gluten DOES work. You apply 2x/year at times just ahead of germination. Totally environmentally safe. </p><p></p><p>I've spent a number of years re-building a yard that previous owners left to go to rags and tatters... it will probably take another 5 to get it back, partly because the back yard is being used for "other things". But... digging up weeds out of grass DOES work, over time - especially if you can slow down the generation of "new" weeds. I now have more than 50% grass...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 537630, member: 11791"] Lisa, just a couple more ideas... 1) you could hire somebody with a roto-tiller to dig it all up... gives you a base to start from, more environmentally friendly than round-up, and you can start growing stuff immediately. Around here, it's almost as cheap as buying chemicals.... and on top of clearing the earth, it preps for planting. 2) get some corn-gluten weed treatment. This does NOT solve the "currently growing" weeds, but it does stop seed germination. Note: you can't use this with newly seeded grass, nor in a garden... for obvious reasons. But if you have some patches where there's more grass than weeds (even if it's 51% grass!), the corn gluten DOES work. You apply 2x/year at times just ahead of germination. Totally environmentally safe. I've spent a number of years re-building a yard that previous owners left to go to rags and tatters... it will probably take another 5 to get it back, partly because the back yard is being used for "other things". But... digging up weeds out of grass DOES work, over time - especially if you can slow down the generation of "new" weeds. I now have more than 50% grass... [/QUOTE]
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