Comments on: Signs of spring! http://vyxxan.com/537/signs-of-spring/ a little bit of everything! Sat, 14 Apr 2012 01:57:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Vyx http://vyxxan.com/537/signs-of-spring/comment-page-1/#comment-1071 Vyx Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:19:12 +0000 http://vyxxan.com/?p=537#comment-1071 Maybe a sack of newspapers with all the ads and stuff taken out... and a bucket of water to dip them into? I'll have to try that for the tomatoes, altho for tomatoes I really prefer black plastic. Warms the soil and both keeps the weeds out and retains moisture better. But I have 4 of those red trays that are supposed to be so great... and they would be, if I put down something around them to control the grass and weeds. So, perhaps newspaper and mulch this year for 3 plants... and the others will get the black plastic. I kept records last year, no difference at all between black plastic and fabric mulch cloth... except that the fabric shredded over the winter and the plastic did not. But the plants liked both pretty much the same. (I didn't put mulch over the fabric or plastic) Maybe a sack of newspapers with all the ads and stuff taken out… and a bucket of water to dip them into? I’ll have to try that for the tomatoes, altho for tomatoes I really prefer black plastic. Warms the soil and both keeps the weeds out and retains moisture better. But I have 4 of those red trays that are supposed to be so great… and they would be, if I put down something around them to control the grass and weeds. So, perhaps newspaper and mulch this year for 3 plants… and the others will get the black plastic. I kept records last year, no difference at all between black plastic and fabric mulch cloth… except that the fabric shredded over the winter and the plastic did not. But the plants liked both pretty much the same. (I didn’t put mulch over the fabric or plastic)

]]> By: Valerie Cudnik http://vyxxan.com/537/signs-of-spring/comment-page-1/#comment-1069 Valerie Cudnik Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:59:25 +0000 http://vyxxan.com/?p=537#comment-1069 Gotta wet the newspaper down as you're laying out to keep it from blowing away. Even then you've got to move fast. Fun read! Thanks. Gotta wet the newspaper down as you’re laying out to keep it from blowing away. Even then you’ve got to move fast.

Fun read! Thanks.

]]> By: Vyx http://vyxxan.com/537/signs-of-spring/comment-page-1/#comment-1068 Vyx Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:08:55 +0000 http://vyxxan.com/?p=537#comment-1068 Peggy, no... this isn't Cap's tractor. That got sold after he died, I guess. Ron had his own tractor but that burnt up when his barn burned down. So... this antique is a replacement. Anything older than me is an antique! LOL! I would rather use newspaper as a barrier... if I could figure out how to lay it down when it's mostly windy here. We have plenty of it, too... Maybe next year I can take up the fabric and put down cardboard and newspaper. hugs, Vyx Peggy, no… this isn’t Cap’s tractor. That got sold after he died, I guess. Ron had his own tractor but that burnt up when his barn burned down. So… this antique is a replacement. Anything older than me is an antique! LOL!

I would rather use newspaper as a barrier… if I could figure out how to lay it down when it’s mostly windy here. We have plenty of it, too… Maybe next year I can take up the fabric and put down cardboard and newspaper.

hugs,
Vyx

]]> By: peggy http://vyxxan.com/537/signs-of-spring/comment-page-1/#comment-1067 peggy Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:29:47 +0000 http://vyxxan.com/?p=537#comment-1067 as always - love it! when u said u didn't know how old the tractor was, I was thinkin' that it looked like Uncle Cap's old tractor; is it? If so, I'm 52 & I remember that tractor back when I was a pup. Also, read an article the other day that weeds & what nots will penetrate thru the rolls but NOT thru wet, shredded newspaper. If that helps. Hugs Peggy Jo as always – love it! when u said u didn’t know how old the tractor was, I was thinkin’ that it looked like Uncle Cap’s old tractor; is it? If so, I’m 52 & I remember that tractor back when I was a pup. Also, read an article the other day that weeds & what nots will penetrate thru the rolls but NOT thru wet, shredded newspaper. If that helps. Hugs Peggy Jo

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