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MarciM
Farmgirl in Training
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Marci
Moscow
ID
USA
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 Posted - May 24 2009 : 1:50:17 PM
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I am looking for a good garden fabric to cover a grassy area where I'd like to plant raspberries and strawberries. anyone have any luck with garden fabric? I tried finding the stuff MJ uses, but the website is confusing and more for DOT construction.
I've tried the thin fabric from the hardware store and it just acts as a greenhouse for the weeds. Maybe i'll have to give up on this year's planting and work on killing the grass and weeds naturally this season and plant next year.
any suggestions?
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Beverley
True Blue Farmgirl
2707 Posts
Beverley
atlanta
Michigan
USA
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Posted - May 25 2009 : 3:21:06 PM
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I have heard using newspaper and that works well.
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MaryJane
Queen Bee
16374 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
16374 Posts |
Posted - May 25 2009 : 3:33:16 PM
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Marci,
You can come out here and get some off our roll. How much are you needing, neighbor?
MaryJane, Farmgirl #1 Plowin' Thru ~ giving aprons a good wrap for 45 years and counting ~
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antoinette
True Blue Farmgirl
826 Posts
Toni
East Freedom
PA
USA
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Posted - May 25 2009 : 7:07:13 PM
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Hello Mary Jane, I can't come to Idaho since I live in PA but can I buy some of that
garden fabric? Is it on the website? Toni |
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MaryJane
Queen Bee
16374 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
16374 Posts |
Posted - May 25 2009 : 8:34:22 PM
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Tomorrow, try calling the phone number rather than just looking on the website. We buy it in large rolls from Spokane, WA delivered by a local trucking company but he told me that if a person calls, they sometimes have smaller remnants available they can ship UPS. Make sure when you call, you have the dimensions of what you need ready to give to them. I'll call tomorrow also to see if that's still the case. Antoinette, I wouldn't want to ship it twice. You might have a dealer near you.
MaryJane, Farmgirl #1 Plowin' Thru ~ giving aprons a good wrap for 45 years and counting ~
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StarMeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
940 Posts
T
MI
940 Posts |
Posted - May 26 2009 : 12:10:29 PM
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| I've had great luck with the shredded newpaper. Make sure you cut the grass very short first...cover it with the latest "news" and then wet it down. I've then covered that with dirt/mulch. I suppose a good layer of straw would keep that paper down. Earthworms love the "news".... |
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southerncrossgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
631 Posts
Gena
Harmony
NC
USA
631 Posts |
Posted - May 26 2009 : 5:43:30 PM
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Word of advice. Be prepared to stay right with the newspaper and have the water hose hooked up and ready. I carefully laid all the newspaper out just right, making sure every little square inch of grass was covered. I went in the house to get something to drink, and when I came back out, a little breeze had come up and had blown my newspaper ALL OVER the yard. Did I learn from that? Obviously not! A couple of weeks later, I did the same thing again, with the same result. I was so mad I myself as I was cleaning up those newspapers. Now, just what is the definition of insanity????
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MarciM
Farmgirl in Training
19 Posts
Marci
Moscow
ID
USA
19 Posts |
Posted - May 28 2009 : 8:30:08 PM
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Thanks MaryJane,
I'll call and let you know when I can make it out there! |
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - May 29 2009 : 03:31:07 AM
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I once made the mistake of using newspsper and then covered it with straw.
But the straw was from rye and wouldn't cha know, we had a crop of some of the healthiest GRASS a few months later! |
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