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Curmudgeoness

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8. Well, holding down the weed cloth
Tue Mar 20, 2012, 04:58 PM
Mar 2012

or newspaper can be done. It may have looked like hell, but the first year I put the paper down, I used milk jugs filled with water to hold them down----lots of milk jugs. Or you could use logs, or coat hangers untwisted and bent to secure the cloth down. There are probably hundreds or things that will work and are free. But the sooner you get this down, the better if you ask me. Don't worry yet about the rocks.

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Anti-growing [View all] quakerboy Mar 2012 OP
Well, I have a few thoughts/suggestions for you. Take them as you will. Denninmi Mar 2012 #1
It didnt even kill the tops quakerboy Mar 2012 #5
Thyme, sedum, and pennyroyal. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #2
Interesting quakerboy Mar 2012 #6
It takes a few seasons, but they'll choke out anything. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #7
If it is possible to rent a roto-tiller, Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 #3
Its a very small space quakerboy Mar 2012 #4
Well, holding down the weed cloth Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 #8
Why not use the rocks from the ground XemaSab Mar 2012 #10
You could try solarising.... kurtzapril4 Mar 2012 #9
Plant clover. roody Mar 2012 #11
Good grief. lay off the poison and start mulching! piedmont Mar 2012 #12
What kind of grass? LWolf Mar 2012 #13
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