Destroy weeds without Roundup

[the middle]

No chance The Just
I heard ecological advice on the radio.
The nettles, precisely with all the interest already developed elsewhere, have the privilege of sheltering families of ladybugs during hard times, otherwise, they will not be there, when it will be necessary.
Nettles also allow aphids to survive ...

And ho !, it's starting to do well
Flytox don't want me to explode my moles, now you, with nettles ...

[Christophe]

I know there is still regulation for bird flu ...
(Lock up the birds in the event of an epidemic)
For the rest ... in big cities like Brussels, there must be bans, but not in the countryside ...

Ah yes I had seen "net" above the short bass in 2006 ...

So if I understand correctly I can have 50 hens in my garden in the countryside without declaring anything?

[Did67]

No chance The Just
I heard ecological advice on the radio.
The nettles, precisely with all the interest already developed elsewhere, have the privilege of sheltering families of ladybugs during hard times, otherwise, they will not be there, when it will be necessary.
Nettles also allow aphids to survive ...
: Mrgreen:

FYI, if there are any that interest: nasturtiums can play the same role: aphid tank, to maintain a stcok of ladybugs ... It's prettier than nettles ...

[the middle]

thank you did 67
Well, ok, I recognize that all plants have their uses anyway ..
A good little nettle soup in spring ... it awakens the body
Ditto for nasturtium, it's good in salads

[Did67]

Absolutely.

Just a question of biodiversity: nettles + nasturtiums and many other things ...

[stipe]

Up!

I have a plot of several hundred m² with grass, but it is not at all flat (thanks to the moles etc.) to put it back flat everyone advises me with the motor hoeing machine as a prerequisite roundup a week before ... someone with a thermal solution or the only alternative is the long weeks under cover?

Thanks for your ideas;)

[highfly-addict]

Why not try to gradually equalize by filling the holes with sand?

The grass will grow quickly over it, it will be enough to mow.

[stipe]

Thank you for your answer,

Sand? Good idea, it's not a little light sand, that said, it may have to be mixed with soil, right?
Besides, why not directly from the ground?
And at the sand level, do you need sand construction site or something else?

[dedeleco]

Filling the holes between bumps with topsoil no more expensive than masonry sand (often with additives bad for plants) is a good solution.

The other is in winter on wet ground to demolish the bumps with a spade to push them towards the holes and equalize by hand.

Otherwise we can do this in summer by breaking the earth with a crowbar, much less tiring than the pickaxe and more effective in drilling a hole in very dry soil.

On very dry and packed earth extra hard the motor hoe cultivator will unless it is a very powerful big tractor !!
The crowbar succeeds in breaking this extra hard earth, at least in my hands in the PACA region in midsummer !! (25m of trench by hand, good for health)

[stipe]

Thank you dedeleco,

I note, I note!