Spring is here and it’s time to nurture your garden to full bloom. One particular challenge to tending your garden is finding nox-toxic alternatives to herbicide. You can take encouragement in knowing that there are many alternatives to herbicide when ridding your garden of weeds. In fact, there are many weed-killing methods that are safe and inexpensive to use. This article provides ten different methods of killing weeds that are easy and safe. Read on for more details.
Key Takeaways:
- Chemical herbicides like Monsanto’s Roundup Ready is an effective yet environmentally unfriendly and unhealthy way to get rid of the weeds in your garden.
- Pulling weeds out by hand is the most effective way but it is also labor-intensive.
- The alternative is to make your own weed killer. There are several options available such as boiling water, vinegar, bleach, salt, and rubbing alcohol.
“Unlike commercial, cancer-causing weed killers, these DIY herbicides will not contaminate your vegetable garden, soil, or groundwater, and they will not harm the wildlife, beneficial pollinators, people, or the ecosystem of your garden.”