Awesome!

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.

You’re welcome. It is certainly a blessing to have the property.

Thank you. I appreciate it.

Thanks

You’re welcome

Thanks for the heads up about the rodents. Hopefully my cats will feast on them.

@@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.

Bahia is a tough grass for sure. Hard to eliminate.

Thank you. Give it a shot.

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.

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Glad it was helpful!

Thank you!

About 6 months if sun is not strong and the grass is a tough variety.

It honestly depends on your weather. Cloudy cool days will slow things down a lot.

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.

Hello. We are in East Texas zone 8b. I mention it in most of my gardening videos.

@@CountryLivingExperience thx! I in 8a in SC.

Yes

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.

The logistics would not work for me. This is much easier.

@@CountryLivingExperience Got it. Enjoy your day and Be Blessed

@@Doc1855 Thanks Doc. You too.

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!

@@speaklifegardenhomesteadpe8783 doesn't the cardboard get all soggy and breakdown after a rain? Doesn't the grass just grow right back?

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.

@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.

@Mr. Skeptical It takes a while for the cardboard to breakdown underneath several inches of soil placed on top. About 6 months minimum.

It is

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.