After 2 years of living here we were cleaning out behind the carport to build an asparagus bed and we found a huge role of garden tarp, that black plastic stuff and it was like brand new!!!!! Like finding gold.
@CountryLivingExperience Жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@miraleatardiff85434 күн бұрын
Thank you for sharing. I have been battling common (and extremeely invasive) tansy on my farm for over 14 years. This looks like it may do the trick. 🙂
@TakeTheRideАй бұрын
Yeah I'd like to see you start going back there in that tree line because I got thousands of small trees that have grown 15 to 20 ft tall and I have no idea how to take all those smaller trees out by myself.
@tinabinsc78222 күн бұрын
I have the same issue, the forest constantly encroaching. I just steadily go out and cut back as far as I can, as often as I can. Having goats and mobile fencing is also a great way to help maintain the property. Pigs are too damaging IMO.
@LaTrompetadeDios7 Жыл бұрын
Those are great ideas, thanks. I have to get busy with my property since i have the same issues that you have. Its a blessing though.
@CountryLivingExperience Жыл бұрын
You’re welcome. It is certainly a blessing to have the property.
@armondeushon78924 ай бұрын
Great video, just loved your family and dogs and time lapse and information, all round great video, well done. I'm probably going to use this on a small scale backyard project, not a fan of manicured lawns really.
@CountryLivingExperience4 ай бұрын
Thank you. I appreciate it.
@dmark6699 Жыл бұрын
Very Good tips, chickens or pigs can clear off a area of vegetation.
@CountryLivingExperience Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@mnj5089 Жыл бұрын
The only sumac I know breaks me out in rashes. But after a quick Google search, it seems like maybe depending on who you believe, there are other plants that fall under that title too that don't do that.
@stanmagness36062 ай бұрын
Thanks I learned something today
@CountryLivingExperience2 ай бұрын
You’re welcome
@GavinStoneDIY Жыл бұрын
We’ve had good success with those tarps. The only downside is rodents tend to live and breed under them in very little time. Then our snake population increased to meet demand. If it’s done in the summer we didn’t have that issue. The sun and hot weather killed the weeds off in 3 weeks.
@CountryLivingExperience Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the heads up about the rodents. Hopefully my cats will feast on them.
@GavinStoneDIY Жыл бұрын
@@CountryLivingExperience our little terrier definitely ate her fill! And every region is different I’m sure. No better way to kill weeds and prep a bed though. Chemical free and works every time. Thanks for the quality videos.
@JimJWalker4 ай бұрын
I have done this same thing with a plot of the same Bahia grass. I covered it with woven weed barrier over the winter. In the spring I removed the barrier and then raked and removed the grass. One thing I noticed. Starter plants do not like the dead grass rhizomes near them, especially peppers. Be sure that none are around the stem when you plant. It is impossible to get all of them during clean up.
@CountryLivingExperience4 ай бұрын
Bahia is a tough grass for sure. Hard to eliminate.
@mnj5089 Жыл бұрын
GREAT VIDEO! I love this idea and want to try it.
@CountryLivingExperience Жыл бұрын
Thank you. Give it a shot.
@JamesHuey-nc3qm3 ай бұрын
Before you tarp it over, why not apply Prene or any pre-emergent so that any residual grass or weed seeds will also die out before springing up?
@CountryLivingExperience3 ай бұрын
That is what a silage tarp does. The heat and moisture trapped sprouts any seeds. They briefly grow and then die out from lack of light.
@bernelltrammell74703 ай бұрын
Thanks, great video
@CountryLivingExperience3 ай бұрын
You're welcome
@ashleehouse5204 Жыл бұрын
Great info! Thanks!
@CountryLivingExperience Жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@clarencewiles963 Жыл бұрын
Thumbs up 👍
@CountryLivingExperience Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@TakeTheRideАй бұрын
It's going to take awhile to kill off everything under the tarp. How long is a while?
@CountryLivingExperienceАй бұрын
About 6 months if sun is not strong and the grass is a tough variety.
@kristyholman351 Жыл бұрын
What do you think is the bare minimum amount of time to keep a silage tarp down to be effective?
@CountryLivingExperience Жыл бұрын
It honestly depends on your weather. Cloudy cool days will slow things down a lot.
@SetitesTechAdventures Жыл бұрын
I've been wanting to do this but I am still deciding where on the property to do it yet. Can tilling before putting the tarp down speed up the process? Or will that make it worse by burying seeds?
@CountryLivingExperience Жыл бұрын
Tilling before would not work beforehand. I till after everything looks dead and then put the tarp over again to germinate the seeds that were a little too far down to germinate.
@janepipkin8139 Жыл бұрын
Hi, just found your channel; it would be useful to know where you're located as some of the references refer to "climate". What state? Can you add that to your "about"? Example: I have bahia / rhizome grass also and I need to build up soil bigtime from just sand here in SC.
@CountryLivingExperience Жыл бұрын
Hello. We are in East Texas zone 8b. I mention it in most of my gardening videos.
@janepipkin8139 Жыл бұрын
@@CountryLivingExperience thx! I in 8a in SC.
@artichoke600454 ай бұрын
Is the microbiome really going to survive the steam treatment under the tarp?
@CountryLivingExperience4 ай бұрын
Yes
@willbass2869 Жыл бұрын
Did you do a soil test?? What's your N-P-K? What's the pH? What about SOM(soil organic matter)? N-P-K isn't all to determine.... Calcium and the "minor" elements (boron, sulphur, magnesium etc). If that ground had been hayed for years your potassium (& calcium) has been stripped out since most "farmers" never bother maintaining hay fields & replenishing elements removed in the hay . They abuse hay fields like rented mules. Old saying ...if you don't measure (& record) "it", then you can't manage "it". Good luck.
@CountryLivingExperience Жыл бұрын
Not yet but I will in the future. I usually always test. Measurement is important. This is just the first step. It has not been hayed in probably 20 years but still has the bahia grass there.
@dinosemr8141 Жыл бұрын
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@Doc1855 Жыл бұрын
Eric, Couldn’t you borrow a goat or 2 to eat down what you want taken out?
@CountryLivingExperience Жыл бұрын
The logistics would not work for me. This is much easier.
@Doc1855 Жыл бұрын
@@CountryLivingExperience Got it. Enjoy your day and Be Blessed
@CountryLivingExperience Жыл бұрын
@@Doc1855 Thanks Doc. You too.
@TheHavocdog Жыл бұрын
How long does it take before you can plant?
@speaklifegardenhomesteadpe8783 Жыл бұрын
You can plant right away pretty much anywhere. Waiting for the tarp kill off could take months, seasons or years. A faster way than waiting to kill stuff with tarps is to use cardboard. Lay it out and cut a hole where you want to plant, I sprinkle leaves or animal bedding on top to hold it down and pile dirt where I'm planting. I made some videos but KZfaq hates me. They wouldn't upload. I'm working on redoing them very soon. Use bricks or wood to hold cardboard down until it starts to get embedded into the earth. This promotes earthworms heavily which are great for everything. God bless!
@mr.skeptical3071 Жыл бұрын
@@speaklifegardenhomesteadpe8783 doesn't the cardboard get all soggy and breakdown after a rain? Doesn't the grass just grow right back?
@CountryLivingExperience Жыл бұрын
It really depends on the weather. This is the first step to kill off the top layer of grasses and germinate seeds near the surface. Second step will be to lightly till then cover again. This will get the weed seeds below the surface. Those will germinate and die off. They you can flame weed it and plant. Should take about 9 months to a year depending when you start.
@CountryLivingExperience Жыл бұрын
@Speak Life Garden Homestead & Permaculture That is a perfectly viable method but different than what I presented. It costs a lot to truck in soil. That method is called The Back To Eden method. I did a video on it years ago.
@CountryLivingExperience Жыл бұрын
@Mr. Skeptical It takes a while for the cardboard to breakdown underneath several inches of soil placed on top. About 6 months minimum.
@marcrenato3484 Жыл бұрын
Long hard job
@CountryLivingExperience Жыл бұрын
It is
@TutterzoidАй бұрын
@manandatractor Жыл бұрын
Is this the first time you've done this?
@CountryLivingExperience Жыл бұрын
No. I showed the other plot at the end of the video. I also did it to the tilled area of the main garden that is fenced in.
@sc2618 Жыл бұрын
Better cover that garden! Lots of planes flying overhead these days dropping who knows what! Do you really want to eat that?!