Feed Bags in the Garden
Our feed bags pile up fairly quickly. We buy dog food, chicken feed, and rabbit feed in 50 lb. sacks. I thought they might make a good weed suppressor in the garden. I have put a bunch of bags down one path in the garden, between two of the raised beds (my raised beds are more like long mounds - they don't have sides of wood, brick, etc.).
So far they are doing a good job at keeping the weeds out. A few peek out from the edges but they're easy to pull. Sometimes they're kind of slimy under there, yuck! We've had a very dry spring, and maybe in a normal year I'll find that the bags are a bad idea due to slugs but so far, so good.Downside: I'm wearing holes in them kind of quickly adn they are ugly. But hey, they're free and I'm cutting down on my throw-away trash.
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posted by Leslie @ 9:28 AM
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Hi Leslie,
My wife and I are doing about the same thing with the garden and tractor. We also live in WV, outside of Fairmont on 34 acres. Am trying a huge garden too, as we just moved from the city, Morgantown, to this beautiful spot in the country. If you'd like to share ideas and what not, feel free to send a message.
mik.kimble@gmail.com
As I sit here in my office under the fluorescent glow, reading about business news and pushing my pencil, I have to tell you that I enjoy my visits to your blog as a way to escape. I find your ideas to be very clever. Not very useful to someone like me, but clever anyway. Although the newspaper pots are a possibility...
Lots of feed bags here; I offered them to the gardening sister-in-law for the same purpose but she hasn't taken me up on them. I think the un-shiny ones might decompose.
I've read of people using drywall (sheetrock, wallboard) in their gardens to do the same thing. Eventually it begins to decompose, of course, but the gypsum is supposed to be good for loosening the soil. I would think that the stuff would get messy to walk on after it was wet, but I've never tried it. I'm always looking for ways to reduce the amount of trash I produce. I admire your ethic.
Mike, We're practically neighbors. We have a huge garden this year too and it's running us ragged due to the drought. Hope you're holding up.
LeeAnn, it's always nice seeing your comments. We've certainly ended up two different places for the time being, haven't we? It warms my heart knowing you're "out there".
Leslie, the un-shiny ones break down quickly (in less than a month, maybe? I wasn't counting) but the shiny ones get real slippery and hard to stand on when they're wet! Not good for hoeing or cultivating!
Wow, Pablo, I appreciate the admiration. You don't dish it out casually. Never heard of the sheetrock idea but will look into it if/when we have some scraps lying about. It's bound to happen eventually.
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