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The Goaty Thistle's avatar

I did chop and drop for 6 years with quack grass and bindweed at the advice of another permaculture gardener. The theory was that the unwanted plants would stop growing if the soil had enough of the residual root material dying in it. Well... I had to hire a tractor to come over and remove a layer of solid root matting that measured 16" thick just to be able to work directly with soil again. So I'm glad you added the part about bindweed to this. I have to dig quack grass roots out meticulously by hand all summer on my half acre garden. It's quite a process. But I've turned it into my outdoor therapy time.

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Sylvia Rose's avatar

Love this! I’ll be eating my nettles instead of feeding them to the garden though 😅

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