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Rid your garden of weeds

Nothing throws off your carefully tended garden like an invasion of pesky weeds. Follow these rules to say goodbye to unwanted plants in your garden:

1. Use the best tools
   The types of weeds in your garden determine the extraction tool you need.

• Plants with tough, fibrous roots like nutgrass and plantain? Use a trowel or garden knife to slice through soil and roots.
• Deeply-rooted plants and stems like quackgrass and torpedograss? Dig with spades or mattocks to reach them.
• New seedlings? Dislodge anything taking root with a hoe or cultivator before it can sprout.
• Always protect your hands with gloves to keep bugs and thorns from irritating your skin.

2. Weed at the right time
          Pull roots and stems when it is easiest:

• moist soil allows for effortless removal of roots and stems;
• mornings and late afternoons have less heat making extracting weeds less demanding;
• focus on one section of your garden at a time.

3. Weed prevention is key

• Dispose of pulled weeds in a bag to prevent new seeds from spreading.
• Dig up new weed sprouts immediately as they duplicate quickly.
• Use mulch as groundcover to keep new seeds from reaching the soil and prevent buried seeds from finding daylight.

However, unlike weeds, financial growth is nurtured — call me about your real estate needs!