DO THESE THINGS TO ELIMINATE WEEDS IN THE GARDEN!

[@hcx1853]

1. Don’t turn soil over - which brings seeds to surface. No tilling. 3:30 2. Mulch. 5:32 3. Plant densely and quickly. 7:33 4. Cover cropping. 9:06 5. Pull weeds daily when small. 11:00 6. Chop and drop into mulch if weeds out of control. 13:00 7. Garden row tarp cover. Burn. 16:10

[@victoriaoshea4865]

There's something great about this particular garden channel! Simple and to the point no fluff makes a lot of sense everything you said thank you for teaching me and inspiring me I feel like maybe I can do this now

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[@hughzev2336]

@Andres Justus Flixportal :)

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[@pyxis55]

I love your northern climate perspective. We live in northern Vermont and it seems our climate is similar to yours -- and our weeds. Remember -- some of those "weeds" are delicious food! I love purslane and lambs quarters, especially in spring. I have areas where I actually encourage them to grow. We follow the no-till practice, a la Charles Dowding. Thanks for all the fantastic information -- very motivating for me.

[@shannonjensen9915]

What do you use to mulch you garden with?

[@tammyseymour8790]

Thank you, you talked about so much that I didn't know about. God Bless you, and your family

[@Lu-ys9cw]

When I was a kid, I was the “automatic weed puller” 🤣🤣

[@estherfilip3275]

How I hated that job😂

[@denisestone8491]

As always, great content and tips. You guys really hit this out of the park with me. You laid the methods out and made them easy to understand. Thank you for sharing!

[@susanwoodward7485]

Excellent discussion of proven organic, soil-building weed-control strategies. Beautiful garden, especially considering its age. What zone are you in, and where in Idaho? Thank you. Love your wife's food preservation and storage videos. Looking forward to all those kids getting old enough to really help you out! From Homer, Alaska.

[@Angela_Alaimo]

You can cook lambs quarters like spinach or, if you haven't got that many, dehydrate and put in your greens powder. LQs are one of our most nutritious plant allies. And purslane is great in salad No reason to not brings those friends into the kitchen

[@fdabill1]

Thanks for the informative video. New gardener and am just learning about cover crops. Can you explain how would cover cropping work if you're doing no dig method? Do you not till the cover crop in? Just leave it on the surface? Just curious can these 2 methods work together in a vegetable garden.

[@rebekkas4164]

Hi Josh, great video, as usual. I was surprised that you consider purslane as a weed to get rid of, though. I‚d have thought that Carolyn would have figured out how to use it in the kitchen, since she’s always so creative with unusual herbs etc. Even if she doesn‘t want to do that though (and I love it in salad or use it like spinach or chard), look into using it intentionally as living mulch or as a companion plant. It really helps me control all the other weeds. Plus, as I said, I can eat it when I pull it out to make space for my main crop.

[@loue6563]

I thought the same thing. Purslane, mallow, lambs quarter, amaranth are all edibles and often have more nutrients than the crops we plant. It’s free food that we all too often don’t take advantage of. Just like dandelions. People spend so much time and money trying to get rid of their when the whole plant is edible and even medicinal. The leaves are great for digestion. Can be eating in salads or cooked. The flowers can be used to make jelly. The buds are great fermented and used as you would capper’s. The roots make a great coffee like drink when chopped and roasted. Which is also good for digestion your kidneys and liver. And instead of using these we try and kill them by digging or even worse putting poison in them. There are so many wonderful plants that most know nothing about that are all around us.

[@teriw5313]

Same. I pulled all"weeds" last year, then researched them, now I know better and will be leaving them or relocating them. Trying to keep everything that is beneficial. Massive learning curve.

[@WalkingScriptureWithShanna]

Purslane is great, but I know if I don’t stay aggressive with it, it will take over my garden quickly and choke everything else out

[@tanarehbein7768]

Thank you for expressing my core values of gardening! I have been using all these strategies with phenomenal results. I still can't convince my own Dad to go no dig, but I'll never go back. I actually don't weed except incidentally as I go through the garden watering or harvesting. After three years I too barely need my hoes and cultivators. I think I'm ready to get rid of half of my garden tools! Thanks for including this detail as well.

[@Cordelia0704p]

Purslane is insanely nutritious, pick it and toss in in salad or a smoothie

[@Madskills-hw2ox]

Absolutely I was just going to grow some, hopefully.

[@Cordelia0704p]

@@Madskills-hw2ox I grow it on purpose every year :)

[@dhansonranch]

Garden looks great. I use the "if you can't beat them, eat them"...pig weed is like spinach and purslane has amazing health properties and is great in salads, stir fries or steamed. The leaves of purlane will also root and start new plants, so I try and dispose of them. Chickens like them all too! The weeds got way ahead of me this year so dealing with them is a priority and I hope to do better next year. Good thing this year is that the weeds are holding the corn up right from all the wind we have had...lol. Oh well, that's why we say we live in next year country! I have tried the straw mulch but found the weeds worse and the sow thistle, canada thistle (roots a mile deep), and quack grass were worse than ever and more difficult to pull as they were very large...perhaps i was doing something wrong??

[@kerrymandry262]

Purslane is an edible full of omega 3. It's good fresh or cooked.

[@chris109]

You may want to keep the purslane. It’s highly nutritious & tastes good too!

[@carolhamilton5164]

Doesn't planting a cover crop just leave you fighting that all season instead of weeds?

[@VickyMyers-hl2bg]

People just mention bind weed but covering with cardboard then a raised bed didn't even slow it down. Have a large hill of wood chips bind weed came right up through it too. I am going to build my beds on legs. For now I am taking out the beds laying more cardboard then wood chips and using plastic boxes to plant in. When the bind weed comes up I will try vinegar next. Unless someone has a secret miracle to stop it.

[@christine1373]

Both purslane and lambs quarter’s are edible.

[@rosejafari8917]

So true. I and my friends love them. I've even frozen and canned pokeweed. God has given us a lot of natural food for us to use for food and medicine.

[@doc2793]

Not sure if you did a video on it, BUT I’d love to learn how you build your high tunnel! I see you used some metal fence type material and I’m curious of what you do and why. Hoping to garden smarter not harder😊

[@honeytoone8610]

In south Texas it’s weed season all year! Lol! I’m laughing , but it’s not funny.

[@MirjanAcademy]

Thank you for your wonderful channel. I bought your canning master class. Wooow. Trully amazing. Learned so much. Can you please talk about what kind of natural fertilizers do you give your garden . Thank you and God bless you

[@estherfilip3275]

Very interesting. I have gardened for many, many years, but I found this video full of awesome information

[@willow3310]

As a new gardener this is amazing information! However in my front bed I have wild morning glories how do i get rid of them pulling them seems to make them worse

[@patwilliamson4701]

Useful information! Thank you.

[@August84118]

You hit on so many practical applicable methods. I’m in Idaho too...little south but still in the panhandle...everything you said I could definitely relate to!!! Thank you for putting this out! I truly appreciate you taking the time for this important and informative video.

[@leannseagle2164]

What do you mulch with? I use pine flake in my chicken coop and barn...when I clean them out could I put that in my walking rows in the garden? I was thinking over time it'd make good compost.

[@lotus....]

Good explanations of the reasons weeds return. Florida weeds are fierce and we dont get much frost to kill off the weeds or bugs. Always a challenge lol. I can see some of these methods may be helpful here though.

[@rachelc.7152]

Another great video Josh! Thank you! I would love to know what your solution is for dealing with bindweed.

[@darroniverson3373]

That is a truly evil and pernicious weed. Constant pulling is the first step. If it is getting worse, then you have to start spraying each plant base with Roundup, and keep weeding. If that does not work, then there are herbicides that are more potent and will clean things up, but you will not be able to garden that area for a couple years. Either way, timeline is the same. One is work, the other is sit around and wait.

[@dirtisbetterthandiamonds]

We often forget that wild animals used to roam freely, grazing those weeds before we humans came along to build fences, buildings, roads etc. Now the pollinators, birds, and smaller animals need them for seeds and food to get through the winter. Weeds in the garden though, makes feeding ourselves alittle bit harder! Great tips

[@jthor3097]

By not tilling you also leave the worms in peace to do their thing. 😁 I love your garden. It’s hard to imagine you haven’t lived there for years. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.

[@lornabartlett2744]

I'm taking time to learn and apply thank you I also have learned about certain wild EATABLES in as a omega-3 healthy fats for wild edibles and they're pretty awesome Foods free foods and all these weeds that are edibles should be stars as representatives for where a lot of other vegetables come from our cultivation generation.👩‍🌾👨‍🌾👩‍🔬👨‍🔬💦

[@cathyherring6424]

Thanks for all the strategies to keep weeds out of the garden ❤️😇❤️💕

[@ellenschindler4764]

Interesting that you look at Purslane as a weed, it’s super nutritious. Another really easy strategy for we’d plants that have set seeds is to pile the seed stalks in a barrel with water and rot them down. Use 2-3 vessels so you can ensure they rot well in one while filling next one, use as liquid fertiliser once finished.

[@julieknabe3610]

I love weeds! Have gotten books to use them for medicine. Great addition to the garden!

[@returntoyehovahthelord6185]

I love the idea of planting carrots with cilantro and spinach! That’s very interesting.

[@ohske]

👍👍👍👌♥️♥️♥️

[@winginitwithirishcolleen6692]

You guys are amazing, I need to get better about commenting, to at least say thank you for the information! I’m doing a few fermentation preservation methods for the 1st time this year, that I learned from you guys! Thanks for what you do! 🇺🇸💚

[@T3rsky]

Woah, woah, woah, woah! Are you tossing that purslane?! And the lambsquarters? Dude, most of your weeds are more nutritious, even medicinal, than what you're planting. Some of it is even more delicious. Cooked lambsquarters are better than spinach and the seeds are a superfood. Purslane, besides being crispy, tart, juicy and delicious are a fantastic source of vitamin K, as well as others. That might be a more super superfood than kale. I've tried growing purslane and chickweed so many times, but the chickens keep getting to it and there's never any left for me. I think the only one you listed that might actually be undesirable is bindweed.

[@lennavespestad7399]

With the chop and drop method of weeding creating a sort of “mulch” could one replace the traditional wood mulch with grass clippings? I have a huge lawn and always have plenty of grass I can gather, however much in my area usually coasts more than my budget will allow at this time.

[@luckypenny312]

Yes! Adds nitrogen to the soil!

[@Sue-ec6un]

Thanks for bringing no dig to your audience! 😊

[@MadamKsTarot]

Thank you. Love ur garden. I just bought a tiller... Rrrrr its all new ground n needs a till cause its hard.

[@austenhead5303]

I see you don't have couch grass. I have loads of it. I made two raised beds last summer, put lots of cardboard down, overlapped, all that stuff, filled it with lovely compost and worm castings and vermiculite and peat moss. The couch grass ate the beds up in just a few months. I'm seriously considering using glyphosate on the entire property. Just kill everything and start from scratch. It's either that or move.

[@greendeane1]

You didn't mention "EatTheWeeds" Purslane and lambs quarters were food crops as was crab grass. and amaranth. You also had a lot of chickweed.

[@whiteonlightenergy]

Thank you!!

[@mariatorres9789]

Purslane, cilantro, garlic, onion, jalepano,pork, salt. You're welcome.

[@elaines5179]

Ha LOL, great plan look at your topic and first pictures are your having some of your children doing the weeding. How many plans have you got ( how many children lined up to pull weeds?)

[@returntoyehovahthelord6185]

That’s something I get confused about. You have mulch (say wood chips)on your bed. When you go to plant you just move the mulch aside and leave it off. That seems like it is taking nutrients away. Apparently it doesn’t. Good to know. 👍

[@vickymyers3804]

I dug bind weed covered with cardboard laid raised beds over it and wood chips round the beds. DID NOT SLOW The BINDWEED ONE BIT

[@celinetruant4160]

Thank you for this video. I start a new garden this year and I will try to apply some of your strategie to help me keep my garden without seeds. That's one of my goal this year and it will not be easy with 3 little kids.

[@fauxurfancy]

Ok, I’m confused. I thought corn was supposed to planted in multiple rows for germination. Yours is in 1 long row.

[@essentialcomforts2166]

Just curious...what is the purpose of the garden rows being mounded up like that? I'm trying different methods this year but not sure the reason for this. I'm in colorado where the soil is like brick. It's very windy hear and not tons of rain. I often make a flower bed by digging out a big hole, mounding the dirt on the sides to dry and make a border to hold in the moisture and keep things from blowing away. Like waffle gardens or a lasagna trench.

[@sherriegreenwood9313]

Great information! Please tell me how you go about getting your rows so straight and spaced apart? Thank yall!!

[@veggiemom5]

How do you get rid of bind weed. We have been fighting it for years in the plantings at the front of our house. It just wraps around everything. We been trying to dig it up, heavy mulch and it just keeps right on coming. I really don't want to use weed killer. Is that my only option?

[@youbrajgurung4450]

Thanks a lot Josh.LOVE ND BIG SUPPORT FROM NEPAL.

[@vickyukrainets5355]

I have had a bad back for five years now. But I have trouble last few years on maintenance in my garden . Would you do a video on that maybe some ideas that I haven't thought of

[@diannahart2334]

Can any type of wood chips be us d for mulch? I've heard that some types of wood aren't good to use for mulch.

[@gowest5145]

Purslane and goosefoot are wild edibles. They can be eaten, especially purslane.

[@debbiebarnett5729]

Another Idahoan. Good to see you. I'm curious about what zone you are growing in.

[@stevenlee4640]

That purslane is more nutritious than most of your plants. I do weed out most of it, but you can let a few grow and just pick off a few branches of it here and there and use it to add to salad, sautee up in frying pan with eggs, there is a whole lot you can do with it.

[@MissTippiLu]

Great information. I need this right now. You and your wife are an inspiration. Thank you.

[@lindamorgan6734]

Question... my son in law has decided to remove two large pine trees to make a space for a garden 😀... any thoughts on how this area will work for a garden?

[@vickiewoodard3180]

What’s the black fabric on the ground????

[@cathykerker4472]

I have a beautiful garden but it is full of the souls and it is so out of control that I spend the majority of my time trying to get the thistle plant out by the root tell me how can I get my garden back to a beautiful garden that's going to do and be what I wanted to be

[@sukispencer9804]

Love your channel! Truly inspiring!

[@pamelarodriguez5234]

What can be done about crab grass?? It's horrible stuff! 😧

[@americanhottopics7373]

Good info. Thank you!

[@dorcasbockelman2392]

What if you struggle with termites? How do you mulch?

[@spoonnwithsunshinehomestead]

Such beautiful, healthy looking beds

[@tammywhite9229]

I have never heard of no til. How do you work up the place for the seed? Our ground is hard.

[@susanwilliams768]

Thanks for sharing

[@diannaparrott2623]

I would leave the porcelain as it never bothers any of my plants and is very good to eat.

[@mariatorres9789]

All those weeds he was naming, are edible, lol. EAT THEM.

[@debkincaid2891]

Fabulously helpful. Thank you!

[@donnadavis453]

Do you not like purselain, I hear that they are more nutrishusas than most plants in a garden.

[@hillscleaning7]

How you scare the rabbits and garden rats away? Thanks

[@kingspal99]

cardboard in rows not pretty but great for lots of things

[@monikita777]

Great video. What type of mulch would you recommend?

[@HomesteadingFamily]

We prefer wood due to the organic material it puts back into the ground. But really, the perfect mulch would be the one you have access to that is 1) seed free and 2) chemical free.

[@deborahtofflemire7727]

Can you talk about pests. BUGS. ?

[@tenamarshall7533]

Don't pull the purslane, let it grow and eat it.

[@richheipp1420]

Do you use humanure compost in your garden?

[@Brisbanesdaddy]

Horse Tail is really tough to eliminate

[@luckypenny312]

What kind of much is suggested?

[@gunther13101]

When not using the tiller, what is the machine in the beginning of your video? Great video by the way!!!! Learned a lot.....will have my husband watch👍👍👍 Thank you👍

[@cathykerker4472]

I'm sorry I meant to say thistles not Souls

[@savoy6100]

I want to thank you so much. You have been so much help. This is our 11 year in our garden and I have to tell you I'm tired. I have spent 4 hr. in a day pulling weeds. Thank you again. This next year WILL BE DIFFERENT. Bless you all.

[@kellydice1723]

Hi Josh, what material are you using to mulch with? Wood chips, shredded mulch, straw?

[@jenniferdruery8661]

I would love to see a garden bed that you have planted as a cover crop and how you would plant it out in the spring. I’ve never seen that. I may want to do it if you think it’s worth it. Also, as an idea…I was watching your latest composting video (super video btw) and thought when you took your lunch halfway through I sort of wished to see y’all fix up a lunch using some of your canned goods. Folks really like to see all this work in action. Me included. People watch “a day in the life” and “what I eat in the day” type of videos all the time. I think it would make you even more interesting and lunch is something you do already. Lol. Anyway God Bless you guys! Thanks for such great content!

[@kathyjgosdin4475]

But purslane is an edible, ever tried it?

[@pamedajoch]

You mentioned that you pull the mulch back when you plant. Do you then put the mulch back around the plants once they have sprouted or do you leave it between the rows until you finish harvesting? I live on half an acre and it's mostly landscaped so I am growing vegetables along the borders between the rosebushes planted by the previous owner. We get weeds coming through the fence from the neighbor's yard, but my flower/vegetable beds are non-till. However, I want to try amending the soil this fall and mulching to keep down the purslane and spurge that do keep sprouting.

[@Kim-un7vl]

I learned so much today. I am going to start a 1/4-acre garden next year. Right now, I have a small yard and doing vertical and container gardening. I might do a small lettuce garden in the next few weeks. I watch your video's all the time and they are so great. I stay up past my bedtime just to watch both of your knowledge. Thank you

[@aaronandjessicaowulette1595]

This was such a great video, and I learned a ton. I also love how you explain how God designed everything to work.

[@eternalmistress]

Grr... bindweed! So hard to get rid of.

[@largefamilyruralliving7434]

Excellent! What a beautiful garden the second year. We are in the first year at our new place, so next year will be a lot different too. Still not sure what we are going to do to set up the beds but learning a lot about the place. Your kind of garden is what I'm aiming for.

[@terrycrissman7392]

What do you use for mulch?

[@lindachancellor7538]

This has been very educational. You make it easy to follow and understand. Thanks👍

[@shaleosborn3849]

What do yiy mulch with?

[@rachelb5402]

Great video, thank you! I purchased two large heavy duty tarps this year to try an experiment in my garden. The wind always blows a lot of my coverage leaves off of my garden so I plan on using the tarps to hold the leaves on there until they break down good enough and also to kill a lot of the weed seed that I have been having trouble controlling. If this works well then I will purchase more tarps in hopes to completely cover my gardens.

[@allthingsbethie]

I'd like to know how you manage bindweed. It doesn't matter what I do, I can't get it under control. I am doing all these methods already. I'm in southern Idaho.

[@anicetalourenco2745]

É isso mesmo? Salsinha, alface, milho ou sorvo?Os pés bem alto, Quiabo? Tem abóbora também né? Obrigada.Boa colheita..

[@ihaveamark8531]

Hey Josh, have you ever thought of using drip tape or T-tape to water your garden? It surely cuts down on water use and then over spraying the ground and promoting weed germination. It's very inexpensive, very efficient, and provides the water your plants need. awesome video on a weed free garden.