Weeds in the Garden Paths
Dear Aunt Daisy, Will you tell the Link in our Daisy Chain, who wanted to know how to kill the fast growing weeds in her stoneflagged garden path, that the best thing is common salt? My husband is a gardener, and he always uses this common coarse salt which I think he gets in sacks from the freezing works, or one of those places where they keep that salt. I have seen him put it on very thickly, and I know it kills the weeds,A.D, (Newtown). Many thanks; here is another idea, sent by our "Garden Lady" at Motueka, Dear Aunt Daisy, I am happy to be able to help the Link who is wondering what to do about the weeds in her "crazy" path. To one gallon of hot water add 1 Ib. of washing soda, 1 lb. of salt. Bring to the boil, and while still boiling, pour in little jugfuls on to the roots of the weeds. If possible, loosen the stones slightly. They can be pressed down again afterwards. Two applications in ohe week will keep the paths clean for many months. Care must be taken, of course. that the hot liauid does not reach
the flower border.-‘"
Garden Lady
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 98, 9 May 1941, Page 46
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209Weeds in the Garden Paths New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 98, 9 May 1941, Page 46
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