{"id":42087,"date":"2018-12-29T12:30:52","date_gmt":"2018-12-29T17:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=42087"},"modified":"2018-12-29T12:30:52","modified_gmt":"2018-12-29T17:30:52","slug":"how-to-make-your-garden-have-less-weeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=42087","title":{"rendered":"How to Make Your Garden Have Less Weeds?"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOW TO MAKE YOUR GARDEN HAVE LESS WEEDS?<\/a><\/h3>\n

In crop gardens, we sometimes get into a spatial race with weeds, and the solution is to replace the weeds with \u201cdesigned weeds\u201d to take up the space. This can be done with green manure mulches to fertilize the gardens and supply quality mulch. This is an example of how understanding the inner workings of weeds allows us to harmonize with natural systems to both repair the earth and create production for ourselves.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s important to understand that the term \u201cweed\u201d is applied to any plant that isn\u2019t wanted in a particular area. While we now call dandelions weeds, they once were sought-after greens. Banana trees are so prone to take root in the tropics that someone might consider them a weed, removing them from the yard, though they are the best-selling fruit in the world. The point is that just because we call a plant a weed doesn\u2019t mean it lacks value. \u201cWeeds\u201d can be useful, or they can be prevented. Often, it\u2019s us, as cultivators, who make and foster these choices or pick our small battles.<\/p>\n

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Mulch \u2013 The best way to have a weed-free garden is to prevent them in the first place, and organic mulch is probably the best way to go about that. Thickly (about 5-10 cm) mulch gardens with straw or leaves to effectively suppress weeds, and those weeds that do make it through are much more easily pulled. Not only will mulching help with weeds, but it\u2019ll reduce the need to water, support soil life, and prevent erosion. Ultimately, the mulch will break down and continually replenish and improve the soil.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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HOW TO MAKE YOUR GARDEN HAVE LESS WEEDS? In crop gardens, we sometimes get into a spatial race with weeds, and the solution is to replace the weeds with \u201cdesigned weeds\u201d to take up the space. This can be done with green manure mulches to fertilize the gardens and supply quality mulch. This is an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[21729,72,9357,1247,23667,12803,21730,23496,21731,4052,12800,22424,13460,19660,11802,8713,19344,1091,12804,20969,14252],"class_list":["post-42087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-survival-2","tag-animal-forage","tag-biodiversity","tag-compost","tag-education","tag-films","tag-food-food-support-systems","tag-food-forests","tag-food-plants-annual","tag-food-plants-perennial","tag-food-shortages","tag-general","tag-how-to","tag-medicinal-plants","tag-permaculture-institute","tag-plant-systems","tag-plants","tag-recipes","tag-soil","tag-videos","tag-weeds","tag-why-permaculture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42087"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42088,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42087\/revisions\/42088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}