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    The paths around my lazy beds have become a colourful weed haven, with lots of wild flowers (mostly dandelion ) and hiding places for spiders. I am considering leaving them weedy, to help bring in bees and good insects, etc. as I won't have a great deal of time to deal with them this year anyway (new baby limits length and number of visits to lottie ).
    Does this sound like a reasonable idea, as long as I try to prevent them seeding everywhere, or will I be creating a rod for my own back?

  • #2
    "One year's weed = 10 years seed"...cover them in cardboard.

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    • #3
      If you was on our site you would get a tidy it up letter a bit pronto...jacob
      What lies behind us,And what lies before us,Are tiny matters compared to what lies Within us ...
      Ralph Waide Emmerson

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      • #4
        The weeds (if you let them go to seed) aren't going to confine themselves to your paths: they'll be all over your beds and your neighbour's too
        All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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        • #5
          Hmm, thanks for the input. Wasn't tooooo worried about seeding other plots, as mine is actually one of the neater plots . Maybe I'll take your advice and get some cardboard. Was nice to see lots of bees and spiders scurrying around though .

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          • #6
            I don't see the harm in leaving them as long as you deal with the heads when the flowers are gone... dandilions are bonny wee things.

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            • #7
              We had grass and weeds growing up between some of the paving slabs in our garden...after reading in a book, I thought I would try an experiment which was to pour ordinary cooking salt in to the cracks. We pulled as much out as we could and then put salt in and over 6 months later they havent come back.

              I dont know if that would get in to the soil and affect the lottie though? But it did work well.

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              • #8
                Get rid of them. They'll be a nice haven for slugs and snails too which will wreck your seedlings.
                My 2014 No Dig Allotment
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