sounds like salt and boiling water would make a good edging, and I may not have to keep feeling like impact on the lawn trimmer's cranium is necessary.
On Thu, 22 Mar 2007, tunecollector wrote: > Pouring vinegar onto a plant will kill the leaves but it is not effective in > killing the roots. Adding orange oil extract to the vinegar will make it a > more potent leaf killer. Adding salt to the soil is more effective at > killing the roots. Smothering the weed under plastic or five sheets of > newspaper is effective and does not poison the soil. Pouring boiling water > onto a weed will harm the root hairs and the weed will wither but not > necessarily kill it. By its very content, Roundup is a poison and you are > poisoning your soil by applying it. > > I have been told that bleach is effective but I have no direct knowledge of > this. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
