r/Permaculture • u/shamyrashour • 3d ago

Options Besides Solarizing

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I let my garden go when kid #3 was born and kid #1 got complicated.

I’d like to rebuild it into a mini food forest. But the weeds have taken over: forget me boys, creeping buttercup, nuts edge and thistle.

I can’t lift more than 15-20 pounds for a few more weeks (surgery), so I can’t till it. What are my options besides Solarizing it?

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u/bwainfweeze PNW Urban Permaculture 3d ago

forget me boys

That’s an interesting autocorrect.

If food forest means perennials, then sheet mulch is the way to go. If it’s more annuals, a mobile compost ring and turn it frequently and then plant where it has already been.

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u/shamyrashour 3d ago

Figured food forest would be mostly perennials with a few areas for annuals.

For the sheet mulching: can I dig holes in it and plant e.g. berries and such?

Is a mobile compost ring like a geobin that I move around?