Tarps and Black Gold!
A garden trick for those of you who are looking at that patch of weeds, thinking: 'Boy, it sure would be nice to grow some tomatoes there!' Put a tarp down over it and unload your compost onto it. The weeds need sunlight and oxygen and all that great stuff to survive. Not only are you eliminating the weeds, but when you uncover the plot after two weeks to a month, it will be damp and easy to work...it might actually be too wet to work, in which case just let it air out for a couple days. Oh yeah, and if you have a pick-up truck, go get yourself a yard of compost from your local compost company. We got a truck load of organic black gold for 25 bucks from Sonoma Compost Company. Its way better than 10 dollars for a bag at your local nursery.
