Gardening.....

[VincentUlyssis]

What a weekend it was out in the garden! Besides giving myself Poison Ivy again (I suspect my tools are contaminated) I was able to do quite a bit of weeding, some planting, and finally "round-up" on the path. I was told that round-up is less of an ecological issue than "Preen." If it were not for that stuff I'd be totally overgrown. In any case I'd much prefer a natural alternative. Has anyone used vinegar or salt to kill weeds? Is it effective? I tried gasoline once and nearly blew myself up (not really, but it was pretty funny-I'd never try that again. I threw the empty container back in the recyclables and my wife pulled it out for containing water that was leaking from another gallon-my mom and she thought I was trying to poison everyone. Sorry!). I knew a little league coach who used to burn the dirt on the infield-nothing grew there! Mulch of course works well, but things manage to grow in it anyway eventually.