Mulch and muscle beat the weeds

Jackie French
Updated July 2 2021 - 2:27am, first published October 18 2020 - 12:00am
Ridding your garden of weeds takes persistence. Picture: Shutterstock
Ridding your garden of weeds takes persistence. Picture: Shutterstock

Weeds love spring. One of the reasons weeds ARE weeds is because they germinate just a little bit earlier than any plants you want to grow. Weeds grow fast, too, produce seeds quickly, and few beasties want to eat them.

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Jackie French

Jackie French

Canberra Times columnist

Jackie French is an Australian author, historian, ecologist and honourary wombat (part time), 2014-2015 Australian Children' Laureate and 2015 Senior Australian of the Year. She also writes a gardening column for The Canberra Times.

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