That spinach could be lamb's quarters, which is wild spinach. It's a common weed that I let run rampant in my garden, as it's free, delicious, unbabied food and much more nutritious than spinach.
I get plenty of l-q elsewhere in the garden. I eat that earlier on in the year when the garden is still coming in. By this time of year I have so much of everything the l-q is just a weed for me.
So… I have horses. I know what they eat, but I’m sure they still eat some weeds out in pasture…. That being said. I have very aged manure that’s been sitting and turned for over 2 years. Do you think the weeds would be less active by then?
This is my third year gardening. I have only used heavy wood chips and leaves for mulch. I have been very afraid of the manure and the use of hay or straw. My understanding is that animals are fed GMO grains and hay and straw are sprayed with RoundUp. I would love to get the results you are getting in your BEAUTIFUL garden but am very concerned about this. I would love to hear your thoughts. Thanks for all the great info !
This question comes up sometimes - and the best answer is know your source. To the best of my knowledge these practices are not used here in NS. Moreover, if they were sprayed with roundup, I think I'd knwo pretty quick because nothing would grow. Also, the hay is full of weed seeds, so more evidence of no roundup. With regard to the GMO question, I have no idea if the hay is or is not a GMO crop, but suspect they are not - most of the hay here in NS is just wild field hay - they don't replant every year, they just cut hay and let it gorw back - like a giant lawn. Nevertheless, for the sake of argument, while I, in general, don't support the use of GMOs in agriculture, I see no reason why GMO hay used as a mulch (if that's all you have access to in your area) would hurt the soil in any way, or how cows fed GMO hay would produce manure that would harm the soil.
Thanks for a great video. If you could please answer a question, I would appreciate it! A seasoned gardener, that I watched here on youtube, said when you weed, throw the actual weeds back in the garden, and it becomes compost. He said they won't grow new weeds, especially if you apply some natural cedar mulch over the top of the newly weeded vegetable garden. Would you recommend this? It's not any more work to throw them out, but I am thinking that they may re-root back into the soil. I have the same issue as you do here. This is our first year with a vegetable garden and a friend brought us some partially composted horse manure. Evidently, the weed seeds weren't killed, and it wasn't hot composted because the same weeds you have in this video are exactly the ones that we have in our new garden. Also, our garden is an inground garden, with a lot of new plants, with a lot of space. Do I have to hand pick all of the weeds and throw them away, or can I just churn the soil/weeds with my hands, as the soil is loose (we had used a tiller to till the soil and add in the semi-composted horse manure). If I just churn the weeds in the soil, will they grow back? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
I just did a video that I think speaks to most of your questions: ua-cam.com/video/prDH1Er75u0/v-deo.html Short answers - I do this too - all the time. They usually don't re-root, depending on what they are. Id they have seeds it's most likely they will remain viable. If you churn everything up - other seeds in the soil will germinate.
Have you considered a Japanese weeding tool? It's a very sharp small angled blade that cuts the weeds off below the soil level but doesn't turn the soil. I have one from Lee Valley Tools. The blade is only 4 1/2 inches long and it can be manipulated well around and between vegetable plants. www.leevalley.com/en/garden/page.aspx?p=62038&cat=2,2300,44822
your garden is awesome
Thanks
I was really wondering about this!!
Thank you!🌱🥗👏
I really appreciate your content! Thank you for your time.
Thank you!
That spinach could be lamb's quarters, which is wild spinach. It's a common weed that I let run rampant in my garden, as it's free, delicious, unbabied food and much more nutritious than spinach.
I get plenty of l-q elsewhere in the garden. I eat that earlier on in the year when the garden is still coming in. By this time of year I have so much of everything the l-q is just a weed for me.
So… I have horses. I know what they eat, but I’m sure they still eat some weeds out in pasture…. That being said. I have very aged manure that’s been sitting and turned for over 2 years. Do you think the weeds would be less active by then?
Horse manure always has weeds. "Less active" probably means that you only have 50 viable weed seeds per every square inch instead of 200 :)
This is my third year gardening. I have only used heavy wood chips and leaves for mulch. I have been very afraid of the manure and the use of hay or straw. My understanding is that animals are fed GMO grains and hay and straw are sprayed with RoundUp. I would love to get the results you are getting in your BEAUTIFUL garden but am very concerned about this. I would love to hear your thoughts. Thanks for all the great info !
This question comes up sometimes - and the best answer is know your source. To the best of my knowledge these practices are not used here in NS. Moreover, if they were sprayed with roundup, I think I'd knwo pretty quick because nothing would grow. Also, the hay is full of weed seeds, so more evidence of no roundup. With regard to the GMO question, I have no idea if the hay is or is not a GMO crop, but suspect they are not - most of the hay here in NS is just wild field hay - they don't replant every year, they just cut hay and let it gorw back - like a giant lawn. Nevertheless, for the sake of argument, while I, in general, don't support the use of GMOs in agriculture, I see no reason why GMO hay used as a mulch (if that's all you have access to in your area) would hurt the soil in any way, or how cows fed GMO hay would produce manure that would harm the soil.
Thanks for a great video. If you could please answer a question, I would appreciate it! A seasoned gardener, that I watched here on youtube, said when you weed, throw the actual weeds back in the garden, and it becomes compost. He said they won't grow new weeds, especially if you apply some natural cedar mulch over the top of the newly weeded vegetable garden. Would you recommend this? It's not any more work to throw them out, but I am thinking that they may re-root back into the soil. I have the same issue as you do here. This is our first year with a vegetable garden and a friend brought us some partially composted horse manure. Evidently, the weed seeds weren't killed, and it wasn't hot composted because the same weeds you have in this video are exactly the ones that we have in our new garden. Also, our garden is an inground garden, with a lot of new plants, with a lot of space. Do I have to hand pick all of the weeds and throw them away, or can I just churn the soil/weeds with my hands, as the soil is loose (we had used a tiller to till the soil and add in the semi-composted horse manure). If I just churn the weeds in the soil, will they grow back? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
I just did a video that I think speaks to most of your questions:
ua-cam.com/video/prDH1Er75u0/v-deo.html
Short answers - I do this too - all the time.
They usually don't re-root, depending on what they are.
Id they have seeds it's most likely they will remain viable.
If you churn everything up - other seeds in the soil will germinate.
could you have used a flame from a propane torch? I get that there is Therapy in being in the garden but might have saved a sore back?
I don't think that would have done the carrots much good :)
i used horse manure about 10 years ago and didn't manage the weeds so now I'm using a weed torch, nothing else has worked.
Cover and smother!
Have you considered a Japanese weeding tool? It's a very sharp small angled blade that cuts the weeds off below the soil level but doesn't turn the soil. I have one from Lee Valley Tools. The blade is only 4 1/2 inches long and it can be manipulated well around and between vegetable plants. www.leevalley.com/en/garden/page.aspx?p=62038&cat=2,2300,44822
I have something very similar (ho mi tool - also as L.V.) I didn't use it for that situation because everything was so close together.