Boradleaf Weeds Almost Gone!

Well it's looking much better now!

This week I raked up all the dead weeds and grass. Gave the lawn a quick mow and then put down about 1/4 inch of compost.

I decided to overseed with what I originally seeded the lawn with, and that was a blue-fescue mix.

It does well on the coast here, and I like the texture of the lawn, when it isn't full of weeds that is!

Because I am overseeding, you can see some of the old lawn poking through, but the new seed should start to germinate pretty quickly. The weather has been unusually warm here on the coast, so I expect to see my bare "patches" filling in sooner that if we had been having our normal foggy, cool, summer.

Overall, I am glad to be almost done, because I am eager, and anxious, to see how weed free I can keep my lawn from here on out!

Till next week..... when I should have pictures of my new lawn starting to fill in!

Broadleaf Weeds in my Lawn - Week 3!

Week 3 of the battle against my Oxalis Weeds continues.

Wow, here is the picture of the Oxalis weeds 24 hours after spraying them with the Organic product, Burnout. This is a non-selective herbicide so it did get some of my grass too, but since I plan on overseeding, I'm not terribly worried.

This weekend I am going to give it a good raking and pull up a lot of the dead material and then lay down about 1/4 inch of compost and give it a good watering.

Next week I am going to overseed with fresh lawn seed. Originally I had a blue-fescue mix, but I'm going to see what has come out in the last few years that might be better.

I have to laugh because a about 2 years ago I read an article and it said that it was easier to move, than to get rid of Oxalis. While I haven't found it that hard, I do regret not staying on top of the situation and letting it get this bad!

But with the price of real estate these days, moving is not an option!

Talk to you soon -

Getting Rid of Broadleaf Weeds - Continued

Ok, it's now week 2 and I have finally decided on what I am going to use to get rid of my Oxalis weeds! It took me some time, because I wanted to use an organic herbicide.

In the past, I have used chemical based herbicides, simply from habit, but in the last few years, I am really getting more and more convinced of the organic way.

I have tried many organic products: pesticides, fertilizers and herbicides, and have been very pleased with the outcome. Organic products have gotten better and better, and there is no reason not to use them.

For this problem, I am going to use BurnOut, a product sold by Plant Natural. The problem, it is NON-selective, so it will kill some of my grass around the weeds too, but since I plan to overseed, when I am done, I am not terribly concerned about a little overlap onto the grass.

Because I live in a cool area, I will spray around noon to 2 pm, the warmest part of the day here, to help the weed killer along.

I'll have pictures next week to show my progress!

See you next week!