Easiest Way To Get Rid Of Weeds! 🌾// Cheap💰 & Fast🏃♀️💨 // Crystal Does
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- Опубліковано 3 сер 2020
- Hi Garden Friends! Today I'm showing you my easiest, fastest, and cheapest way to deal with a weed infested garden! If your garden has gotten away from you and been overtaken with weeds or you've inherited an overgrown garden, I hope this helps you get it back to where you can enjoy it to the fullest! Tell me in the comments what your favorite tips are for keeping the weeds at bay!
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I put down cardboard every spring. I live in the south and the weeds are vigorous. I let it get rained on first -- it's a lot easier to cut the boxes that way. I get free cardboard from the grocery store and Walmart, in addition to saving my Amazon and Chewy boxes.
I'm amazed at how fast weeds will take over especially in July. I wish we could pray the weeds away!
Seriously, I feel like July is the worst for it!
@@crystaldoes6576 I totally agree and she has full sun it looks like
Wow exactly
Omg! They are everywhere!!!
AMEN!, I concur
When fall comes and the zinnias die off, put paint sticks in the ground over the winter. Then in the spring, you will know where the holes are in the cardboard to plant new annuals.
This comment mostly applies to using cardboard without mulch as I do in my garden but another reason to spray down the cardboard after laying it out is that the dry cardboard initially absorbs a fair bit of moisture and new cardboard doesn't let water pass through it very well. It tends to shed a lot of water at first. This lasts for at least a couple weeks then as the cardboard breaks down it becomes more permeable. Then it actually helps retain moisture in the soil and keeps it cool. You want to try and keep the cardboard damp for the first week or two to help the cardboard "break in" if you will. Also when it dries out in the sun it can start to act like a wick and rob moisture from the soil below. Young plants that were planted at the same time you put down the cardboard, may need extra watering in hot weather to combat this. If you're mulching on top of it putting a layer of soil on the cardboard under your mulch is also beneficial as a good soil has much more organic matter and microorganisms than mulch alone that speed up the decomposition. This won’t ruin the weed barrier element but will allow water to better flow through into your soil. Don’t be afraid to spray everything down a few times a week for the first month or two to keep the cardboard moist as dry cardboard won’t biodegrade either. Cut the hole in the cardboard for your plant at least as wide as the canopy of the plant.
All that said cardboard is THE best weed barrier for gardens and mulch beds. Its free, biodegradable, and organic matter to the soil!
Nice job!
From my own mistakes, overlapping the cardboards is important when dealing with some perennial weeds. Otherwise they start growing in between... 😒
yep good thick large pieces of cardboard I agree
Massive improvement. Its amazing what a little landscaping does for curb appeal.
Came out great! I've been using the cardboard and mulch combo in my yard for years. We have really aggressive weeds and I have to put a minimum of four layers of cardboard (two boxes folded up). It has worked great. I've never watered it in. Also, aside from keeping the cardboard away from the base of your plants for watering purposes, its also good because cardboard and mulch touching the stem/trunks of plants can cause rot.
This little garden looks nice! When everything comes in it will be even prettier!
Thank you so much for this. It’s exactly what I was thinking of doing but now I will do it with assurance knowing it will work.
All that’s missing is a nice edge around the garden 🪴
What a wonderful friend you are!
I’ve done this before to a large garden area and it worked great! I forgot about it, need to do it to another house’s garden area. Thanks for the reminder!
Great job! What a great friend you are!❤️
I have an awful problem with weeds in my garden. Thanks for posting this.
Amazing tip to control weeds.Thank you .Happy gardening.
I knew I should have done this when I first started my planter its so hard to manage but now that we are gonna clean it up today I am doing THIS THANK you so much for your knowledge and tools !
Amazing video ❤ You explained everything so well. Thank you
😂 I have to laugh at the size of those weeds.
So great of you to help your friend. 👍
💜💜💜hi crystal, thanks for sharing. I just stumbled across your video, so happy l did because am an amateaur & love gardening and could use all the tips & tricks to transform my yard both front & back. Thank you again! 💜💜💜
You're a good friend! Keep up the great work...and deeds!
This was a great video!!! So helpful since I’m a visual person.
Thanks for the tutorial and great reminder to this at my son’s house where I spent 4th of July weeding! 😝
My only other comment is to please wear gloves when working in the yard to help protect you from any random sharp items and bitey bugs!
Yes! I’m severely allergic to any pathogens, and I got Lyme this way!
Gosh! just what I needed!!! Great video for a beginner like me, give me the strength to try and get rid of the very overgrown weed in the backyard!!! Thanks much :)
What a great thing to do for your friend. Happy gardening
Yesssss the exact video I needed to see ❤
Just saw this video today in 2022 in July and I’m amazed at what a great worker you are, but I can’t believe nobody helped you. I might try cardboard instead of weed barrier great job!
thank you. I just did exactly what you did. it's an easy and fun solution.
Thank you for the great idea. I will definitely do this 🙏🌹
Wow! Love the idea of using cardboard instead of a weed mat
Using cardboard is much better for soil quality / soil life too
Thank you, I know what to do now! Gotta go, got to save some boxes!! 🏃🏼♀️
You are a good friend!☺️
I have always used cardboard. Biodegradable, the worms love it, and you get about 3-4 years of no weeds. I water down everything first, then lay the cardboard.
We do the same with using cardboard under mulch in garden beds. Glad that your friend is doing okay. That was a lot of weeds!
I’m really glad I could come back and fix it up for her! I know this will help her going into fall and baby season! Lol
Great the way you did it all by hand
You are a good friend!
This was so helpful THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
Super helpful, thanks!
I will definitely try this out thank you
You’re a really good friend!
Very pretty! I like how the zinnias get broken up into smaller pieces….I probably would’ve just plopped the whole thing in one spot 😂 So nice of you to do that for your friend. ☺
looks great going to try this
Best of luck to your friend!!
I been wanting to try the box trick to control weeds, you given my courage to do it 🤞.
Do it!! I’m really excited to see how her garden fairs going forward. I think I’m going to do it with my side garden too! It’s so bad with weeds 🤦♀️
Great video Kristel Despot it worked great 👍👍👍👍😊
Look into getting bulk soil and/or mulch from a local landscaping company or green houses. Usually $35/yard. Covers 80 sq ft at 3" high. Alot cheaper then all them bags. If you don't have a truck. Most will deliver for a fee. In my area, delivery fee ranges from $35-$50. Depends on distance and what truck they have to use.
great info, have been considering using cardboard & now I know how this will work in my japanese garden.. thank you so very much.. I am new here but a fan, nonetheless.
Thanks for the video!
Nice work and way to help your friend out! May I ask what is the cultivar of the boxwood (I think) in the center back? Between the holly on the left and the spruce on the right. Looks perfect for my garden!
Very nice - thank you!
Im doing the landscape fabric now on part of my yard, knowing the drawbacks of using such material.. but I have been dealing with morning glory for several years now and it is a beast! I am hoping that the fabric helps kill it off! as for cardboard, the fact that ir breaks down is nice.. the little critters, worms and such will be able to move through that barrier eventually.. where as landscape fabric prevents that from happening more so...
Looks great!
Beautiful!
Hi, I do this too! No more back breaking turning over a garden! Wetting cardboard is essential! I use paper compost bags too, and I love that worms show up in droves to help break down the paper! I sometimes put black earth over the paper compost bags, or compost, then mulch!
I let my backyard get overtaken with weeds because of health problems the last couple of years. Now I'm slowly taking back my yard. I'd never heard of using cardboard as a layer of defense against weeds! I order from Amazon a ton, so I'll have plenty of cardboard to work with. I'll remember your tip to put black earth over the paper or cardboard. The dirt in my yard has practically no nutrients for plants right now. This makes me even more excited to clear my yard and start planting!
Good idea! I’ve been saving these things!
Just thought if something. There are no-till wildflowers you can grow, or start planting alternative grass ground cover. That’s what I’m going to do because I have terrible pain and health problems as well. It’s too bad, because I live gardening!
Very good tutorial 👍
Yes I just starting doing this last year w either cardboard or thick layers of newspaper and I’m amazed that I only have a weed herd and there to pick!!
Before whee we n I would just mulch ,the weeds would grow in no time !!
Great improvement and I also edged all my flowers beds w stones so this will the mulch stays in and the grass doesn’t grow into the beds either ,that’s also very important,I know from experience it used to drive me crazy all thd grass that used to sneak into the flower beds !!
Great video! How many mulch bags did you use? I have 7 x 56L for the same size garden and wondering if that would be enough
I have an acre of nightmares! With the rain we have, weeds & unwanted grass invade every inch. I have tried various ideas but long story short, I cannot keep up. I wish my entire yard was just concrete. Lol
Yes. I have literally said that over and over for the 20+ years I have owned my property. I too have an acre. Mostly gravel driveways and parking lots and some grass areas. 90% is weeds. Except where the house sits. Hate the chemicals because of pets etc.. Also to make matters worse we have the devils own plant: BAMBOO in massive spreading groves. The place really does need to be paved lol.
Mowing it all down probly simplest. Pay someone to come do it once a month or so.
@@flat6fever68045 % vinegar
Just spray it twice a year..
I also have an acre of weed's and I am overwhelmed with it .......
Wow that was an awesome job you did.
Thank you so much!! It didn’t even take that long!
that was such a pleasure watching you do this clever idea Crystal. Good on you girl 🥰
Start at 1:45
I love gardening - I could watch it for ages! 😀
Thanks for this video, I am new to the weeding game, so I have been pulling the weeds out, then loosening up the soil to extract as many roots as possible. But the process is really slow and back-breaking. The cardboard is a great idea and I am definitely going to try that.
And you will be disappointed. I used weed fabric+cardboard+ thick layer of pebbles on top and got weeds same year....
Great job 👍. Thanks
Edging will also help to keep invasive grass and weeds at bay. Overall great job !
yep, cut those rhizomes and stolons!
What is the cone shaped conifer on the right? I have something similar but I have a hard time shaping it. You are a great friend!
Very interesting about the cardboard, wish I had seen this sooner, I just recycled all my boxes LOL!!
A woman after my own heart! I never wear gloves either! I’m always too rather to get started I forget the gloves! I love your generous spirit and enthusiasm!
Great tip, how long does carboard last and why better than weed screen?
Thank you.
Hi there, new subscriber here! Found your channel by chance and very pleased! Loved this video and look forward to catching up with your other ones! 😀
Aw thank you so much!! So glad to have another garden friend!! 💕
Cardboard… I’ll have to try that idea. Thanks.
I've started doing this too.
Just came across your channel and I have to tell you your videos are very well done. You give out tons of info while making your videos. Thanks again. BTW, where can I send you a donation to continue your journey.
great idea, I went with heavy weed barrier fabric and river gravel, still get around 10% weed growth but not having to mulch every yr is worth it.
problem with graval is wind blown dirt get in there and the weeds find a place to root, then it's a nightmare to shovel or rake. Roots go through weed barrier with zero issue from the top.
Landscaping paper make a x for the plants hit with a pre emergence then mulch
Great video i have heard of this but haven't tried it
Great job!
Thank you so much!
Great info
Nice job 👏 👍
Nice job.
What type of mulch do you recommend?
i like the supervisor in the back
I suggest that you cut an edge with the grass to a depth of a few inches so the mulch doesn’t get into the grass.. I approve of the cardboard. I killed off my lily of the valley using it.
Your a damn good friend. ❤
I use river rock for mulch since it doesn’t degrade. Mulch will b dirt in a couple years which will harvest weeds. Good video though. I never thought of using cardboard!!
I’m in Southern California and the weeds completely took over my vegetable garden last month! It’s partly my fault because it gets so hot 🥵 here that the last thing I want to do is be outside!
Girl, me too!!! I really let some parts of my garden get away from me. You aren’t alone!!
It was hot last month ? I am from Phx, define hot LOL
I remember when I was a kid my grandma used cardboard and newspaper s in garden
Thank you!
Your a good friend..
Nice video! A quick question .. I was advised that wet cardboard used this way attracts termites. Is there any truth to that?
Any suggestions on combating Crab grass...that stuff goes thru anything...I've almost gave up even attending to my gardens due to it
Great idea with the cardboard. I’ve got an area in the backyard where I cleared of old hedges and planted blueberries. The area keeps getting filled with weeds. I don’t want to spray anything because I don’t want to damage the young blueberries.
That cardboard is an eyesore. It looks ugly! All you'll need is some mulch, and it's not that expensive. Mulch is only $3.00-4.00 a bag It's very cheap. Mulch would look a lot better than cardboard boxes laying all over the yard.
@@slimdude2011 the idea is to put so much mulch that you don’t see any cardboard & w/ normal rainfall it’ll break down in 6 months.
Great job! I’m confused by the red twig dogwood location tho. Isn’t that going to grow too large for that space?
nice。I will do the same. Thanks for sharing！
Great job 👌👍
Thank you!!
Do you have to redo this every year?
I wish you had an after pic with it grown in! ❤
Hey brother...just wanted to say good stuff! I was actually looking to install weed fabric...nonetheless I watched your whole video & case out with ALOT more then just learning an install....GREAT advice in general.....keep it up....God Bless
Brother?? This person is clearly female
Looks great ,awsome job! I'm In the same bussiness used to be a termite technician years back though and had a custermer who used the card board in the flower bed along the front wall of his home and termites eat the card board to death because it holds moisture and ended up making into that wall so I had to rip it all out and treat his home for termites a $1,200.00 bill because he didn't wanna pay for weed barriers fabric so if your mulch runs along yr house ,ide just spend $15.00 on weed fabric ,but I see in yr video it's fine yr flower bed is not near the wall of the home!
Wowowow🤯
Nice job. St Louis Missouri this would work well .
Great process - I forgot about cardboard!!
That’s a great idea. I need about 4 acres of cardboard. 😁❤️👍
Yvette it video is awesome