{"id":13848,"date":"2013-04-03T08:00:26","date_gmt":"2013-04-03T14:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/?p=13848"},"modified":"2013-03-22T17:10:38","modified_gmt":"2013-03-22T23:10:38","slug":"early-spring-weed-warfare-evaluation-and-battle-prep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/early-spring-weed-warfare-evaluation-and-battle-prep\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Spring Weed Warfare Evaluation and Battle Prep"},"content":{"rendered":"
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deep rooted mallow is already rearing its ugly head in the yard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Early spring can be<\/strong> a time of hope and…. panic. The weeds will come. Dealing with an acre taxes my creative weed warfare skills, not to mention my time. I have developed my current strategy based on my need for sanity. It is not completely organic, but I have to wonder which is better: a yard with giant weeds threatening the well-being of the entire neighborhood or a politically correct system.<\/p>\n

Since reading<\/strong> these books about organic approaches<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and doing some other research on what qualifies as organic<\/a><\/span>, I feel less stress from the constant propaganda to be “responsibly” organic in my gardening. \u00a0Organic is as much a marketing term as anything. \u00a0It is much more meaningful to say something along the lines of “I make informed choices that are the best for me and my family on any given day.”<\/em><\/p>\n

I’m sorry if this bothers<\/strong> any of the “we share the earth” people<\/em>. \u00a0It’s just that I don’t see why someone else should get to impose their decisions on me and my private property just because that is their chosen world view. \u00a0They don’t like it when people do it to them, but there tends to be manipulative rage if I don’t agree with them.<\/p>\n

So, here is my basic approach:<\/strong><\/p>\n