Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Works for Me Wednesday: Vinegar as Weed Killer

We organically garden. We also have a limestone driveway that is plagued by weed growth. I hate the idea of Round Up and I don't like the cost. Our herb garden is along side the driveway and I wasn't fond of eating Round Up. We found a solution, though. Vinegar.

That's right. We were at some museum or zoo in Columbus and they had a sign that said that you could use vinegar as a Round Up replacement. Fantastic! I can do that!

Put straight vinegar into a spray bottle. (I have a manual pump sprayer-- thank you, Cj!--that works well for me.) Spray the vinegar on the weed when it is sunny and dry out. In a few days, you will see that your weed has turned a nice brown. Just pull the dead stuff up and you are good to go.

Voila! Vinegar is a super duper thing, though. Last week's Washer Maintenance WFMW netted a tip from Jennifer. She said to run a cup of vinegar through your wash once a month to get rid of build up of soaps and whatnot. Here's even more good stuff about vinegar!

Next week: CFL Lifespan Tips.

6 comments:

Rach said...

Thank you SO much for the tip! We are plagued by weeds in our walkways and can't seem to get rid of them. I'm on this! :o)

Jamie said...

I never knew that...though I use vinegar for tons of other things around the house. I don't have a bad weed issue, I will def try this!

Kaycee said...

This is awesome. I hate weeding the veggie garden, but Round Up is not an option. Thanks!

Muthering Heights said...

Vinegar?? I never would have guessed!

Rachel said...

Great idea! Thanks so much for sharing. My hubby likes to get happy with the weed killer. I hate it. I will arm him with some vinegar and turn him loose!

Raise Them Up said...

I love this tip! I had no idea you could use vinegar. But I'll definitely be trying it this spring. Thanks for sharing. :)

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