Operation August Weed

[lakngulf]

Seems late July and August every year I am battling weeds. I get good rich top soild from some old farm land, it grows great vegetables, but it must be loaded with weed seed. I am in pursuit every year, and so far the weeds have won.

New plan: Operation August Weed.

I am building grow boxes to provide boundaries for the area that I need to keep weed free by hand. The walkways I will tackle by other means. I have some pier boxes that are basically the same thing, and the definition of boundary aids in keeping the weeds out.

Here is my start. I have planted some mustard greens, purple top turnips and collards in the first box.

[img]https://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab104/lakngulf/2012_Summer/IMG_0843.jpg[/img]

[img]https://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab104/lakngulf/2012_Summer/IMG_0844.jpg[/img]

[img]https://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab104/lakngulf/2012_Summer/IMG_0842.jpg[/img]

[DoubleDogFarm]

Looks good so far. Keep us posted.

Eric

[lakngulf]

One thing I thought about in design was to build the boxes and walkways so that I had one entrance point for the tiller so that I could get to all planting areas from that one entrance.

You can see my concept in this picture.

[img]https://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab104/lakngulf/2012_Summer/IMG_0842.jpg[/img]

[hendi_alex]

Sounds like a really good plan. That is the direction that I've been moving, and so far is working much better than the traditional 'fight the weeds' approach.