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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



July, 1911 



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Weeds of the Farm 

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Keeping Weeds Out of Paths 



IN GARDENING one may, by the merest acci- 

 dent, happen upon a method of doing work 

 which ordinarily requires twice the time and labor. 

 So with keeping weeds out of paths and gutters. 

 A pile of hay, accidentally left lying in the gutter, 

 was set on fire to get rid of it. The fire effectually 

 killed the weeds underneath and they did not again 

 spring up as freely in this burned-over area as 

 they did in stretches that had simply been hoed. 



Therefore, whenever I want to get rid of garden 

 rubbish, and at the same time fight persistent 

 weeds in path and driveway, I rake the litter on to 



A path overgrown with weeds, before burning 



the path, permit it to lay there for a few days so 

 that the weeds underneath may be partially 

 suffocated and the litter will have an opportunity 

 to thoroughly dry out. I then set fire to the 

 pile or windrow, and often use the ashes as fer- 

 tilizer. The accompanying pictures were taken 

 within an hour of each other. The hay which 

 was only six inches deep, and very loosely piled, 

 did not have time to smother the weeds. The 

 longer and the more intense the fire the harder 

 the ground will be baked, and the more difficult 

 it will be for weed seeds to germinate. Place 

 the rubbish and watch it carefully while it is 

 burning so that the grass bordering the paths and 

 drives will not be injured, or at worst the injury 



The same path after burning. No weeds in sight here 



will be so slight that the grass will quickly recuper- 

 ate. Each subsequent burning adds to the time 

 in which the ground is proof against the future 

 germination of weed seeds. 



I have also tried to conquer weeds with a con- 

 centrated solution of iron sulphate sprinkled along 

 the gutters so that the ground was practically 

 coated with this salt, but somehow or other the 

 weeds did not die out as I had hoped, nor did the 

 sulphate even keep them down for as long a time 

 as a good hoeing did. 



North Dakota. C. L. Meller. 



