06-30-2008, 05:28 PM
My friend, the Garden Queen, swears by the black matting method but I haven't tried it myself.
I've found geese to be very helpful in a new garden. We tilled up the area for the corn patch and then let Georgie & Gracie in to "weed" out everything that sprouted after we tilled it. The geese not only weed, but they speed compost while they are doing it. The only thing they haven't eaten is the bachelor button weeds. Nothing else seems to be sprouting now so we can fence the geese out and plant stuff there now.
I've found geese to be very helpful in a new garden. We tilled up the area for the corn patch and then let Georgie & Gracie in to "weed" out everything that sprouted after we tilled it. The geese not only weed, but they speed compost while they are doing it. The only thing they haven't eaten is the bachelor button weeds. Nothing else seems to be sprouting now so we can fence the geese out and plant stuff there now.
Kurt Wilson