Hello! I am new to GardenStew and honestly to any online community. I love to garden! I have a large perennial garden and I have had vegetable gardens off and on over the years. In the past I have given up on my vegetable gardens because of weeds and the large amount of time I have spent removing them from the garden. I am hoping for some new ideas on how to deal with the weeds and get back to enjoying a vegetable garden. How do you prevent weeds in your vegetable gardens?
greengirl, Welcome to the best garden space in the world. We will make you laugh, cry, become silly, and be serious. We will give you brilliant ideas and let you know things not to do. Enjoy your stay with is. I hope it's a pleasant, long, educational stay.
Welcome to our forums greengirl where we have members from all over the world. I look forward to getting to know you. :-D
Hello! We are on a small farm in Central Texas now, but we lived in upstate NY for 25 cold years. Weeds? Well, there is deep mulch, or cardboard covered with mulch, or constant tilling that will suppress them. Post your question on the gardening forum and you'll get good answers--great gardeners here, friendly and helpful.
Hi greengirl and a warm welcome to GardenStew. You have joined at a great time as we gear up for another year! Don't forget to check out our blogs, member map and perhaps upload plant images you have to GardenStew PLANTS for all to learn from Details here: http://www.gardenstew.com/plantstew/help#3 // frank
Hello and welcome from SE Texas. Can't wait to check out your perennial gardens... and veggies. One good way to help with weed control is to use raised beds.
Welcome for another Texas person. It's sunny and nice here about 9 or 10 months out of the year. I garden all year around. Weeds! If I feel like it, I pull them or hoe them. Mostly I guess I let them grow. Weeds are wildflowers. dooley
GG glad you found this wonderful community to become a part of. Once your plants are up and growing out of the ground you can use corn gluten to control the spread of weed seeds. Looking forward of seeing pic's of what you have been growing.
Hi Greengirl, welcome to GS. It's a great place to be. I am originall from Warsaw NY and know Rochester well and the snow and the cold.
hi, greengirl....we are sort of neighbors, i'm in buffalo...you will find this community thoughtful and helpful, and one of the best garden sites there is. all you have to do is ask a question, someone is bound to know an answer!
Hi and welcome Greengirl, welcome from distant hot land. I am a veggie gardener. For weed control I make use of raised beds and thick mulch, sometimes I just make don't know pretending that the weeds were just not there!!!
Thanks! Thank you for my warm welcome. I like the suggestion of the raised beds. I have two raised beds that I have used for strawberries and raspberries for a number of years. I am hoping to put in two more raised beds this Spring. I really miss growing vegetables!
