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Free and safe Weed Killer

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  • dappledshadedappledshade Posts: 1,017
     :D Hostafan1
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    Fire said:
    WUM.
    I hope so, the alternative is worrying. :) 
    I am currently painting the external woodwork. Thinking about a nice White Sauce as an alternative to the more usual paints


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I like parsley sauce @nutcutlet ... prettier  :)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Yes, we reputedly have a use for the full kitchen out there - vinegar, salt, chilli powder, mashed garlic and now gravy. 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    And there's been recent testimonials re the effectiveness of an old breadknife for dividing hostas .... kitchen garden indeed!

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    edited September 2018
    WUM maybe.  Certainly neither a gardener who cares for his soil or his plants and all the symbiosis that goes on between them to make a garden grow.  Not a cook either if his gravy is that greasy.   Yuk!

    There are selective weedkillers for lawns but we also know now that weedkillers affect insect life form memory to coordination to navigation so the best free weedkiller is elbow grease with a hoe or a weeding trowel according to weed and location.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    nutcutlet said:
    Fire said:4
    WUM.
    I hope so, the alternative is worrying. :) 
    I am currently painting the external woodwork. Thinking about a nice White Sauce as an alternative to the more usual paints
    How about blanc-mange?
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    @nutcutlet could use my late Ma's blancmange as a woodfiller before applying the white sauce ... 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    Dovefromabove said:
    I like parsley sauce @nutcutlet ... prettier  :)
    Would the green bits stay green or would they turn brown and look like the spider droppings I've just washed off? 

    How about blanc-mange?
    I've had paints that are gel-like and lumpy in the past, I prefer something smoother



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    @nutcutlet  .... Blanch the parsley quickly in boiling water before adding to the sauce ... it'll stay greener longer  :)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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