Weeding Around Town, posted by WeedHater, a resident of the Valley Trails neighborhood, on Jul 18, 2011 at 10:59 pm
My yard has a lot of weeds but my kids can't tolerate Roundup and other such stuff.
You know of some organic harmless way to kill weeds?
I was thinking of getting a goat. I heard goats can even eat poison ivy. Would neighbors mind? Is it legal in Pleasanton? I can also help neighbors with the goat for weeding by renting or for free.
Posted by resident, a resident of the Downtown neighborhood, on Jul 19, 2011 at 9:42 am
Organic? Sure -- bend over, grab weed, pull, throw out. Duh! Get your kids off the couch and away from their texting and have them help.
Why does everyone in this town think they need to pay for a health club membership but they are too lazy to actually do anything that resembles work? Oh it might ruin your manicure I guess.
Posted by Leland, a resident of the Happy Valley neighborhood, on Jul 19, 2011 at 9:54 am
I tell my people to contact a weed removal crew to come in and remove them for me. (Undocumenteds usually do the best job and they don't charge as much.) JUst call me the job creator that I am, trying to cope with Obama's obsession with raising my taxes.
Posted by Jeez, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, on Jul 19, 2011 at 10:55 am
It's a shame a person posts something and then has to deal with getting jumped on, or with extreme sarcasm.
I don't know how large your property is. If it's small-ish, I agree with the idea of resident - why not all go out and work on pulling them? Or, there are "weed whackers".
I'm not sure about goats...if you are considering them then your property must be very large. There are municipal codes online that you could research.
If it were me, I'd get the family together with various tools to get rid of the weeds & then plant something that will discourage more weeds.
Posted by Sam, a resident of the Oak Hill neighborhood, on Jul 19, 2011 at 12:14 pm
"You know of some organic harmless way to kill weeds?"
I think that if there was some such convenient way to kill weeds we would have all heard about it and the companies that make chemical weed killers would be all out of business. All I do is pull out weeds when I see them. That's enough if you already have a fairly good grass lawn since grass is apparently already a pretty good competitor against weeds. If your lawn is completely overgrown with weeds, you may just have to kill all the plants by "solarizing" the lawn and start over.
As for pulling up weeds without breaking the roots, I usually do my weed pulling when the lawn and soil are wet because the roots seem to be easier to pull out then.
Posted by Indianapolis Zachary, a resident of the Valley Trails neighborhood, on Jul 19, 2011 at 12:18 pm
"As for pulling up weeds without breaking the roots, I usually do my weed pulling when the lawn and soil are wet because the roots seem to be easier to pull out then."
Yeah but then when you pull em up they spray up wet dirt in your face. I hate that.
Posted by Sam, a resident of the Oak Hill neighborhood, on Jul 20, 2011 at 12:47 pm
"...so will fire."
Actually, as I'm sure unclehomer knows, just drinking a lot of beer and peeing on the weeds will also work. The excess nitrogen in urine can cause yellowing or browning of grass or weeds. Dog owners are probably familiar with the effect.
Still, commercial chemical weed killers are probably a lot more effective than urine or vinegar or goats or butane torches.
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