Natural Weed Killers

I will be starting experimentation (hopefully tomorrow) to kill weeds using natural methods.

My first method will be using boiling water. The second will be vinegar.

Boiling water is supposed to kill weeds by scalding the root, making it unable to get nutrients from the ground.

Vinegar is supposed to somewhat 'poisin' the weed. Vinegar has acidic properties, which is what makes it a perfect replacement for other household items like kitchen wipes. It has disinfecting powers and works like bleach but in a much milder way.

I plan on getting pictures of the reults to share with you! If you have any other natural methods you'd like me to try, just let me know and I will try your method on my weeds! :-)

Extra fun tip: Use the boiling water method as a way to use up leftover water from cooking or cleaning. Something when I boil corn on the cob, eggs, or just run water through the coffee pot to clean it a little, there's a good deal of hot water I end up just tossing down the drain. Well, maybe next time we can just toss it out the window or the door.

Organic

What does organic mean?

If you purchase an organic product, you can rest assured that it does not contain more than 5% (by US regulations), or was not produced with, any of the following:

• Antibiotics
• Artificial Additives
• Artificial Preservatives
• Artificial Sweeteners (Splenda, Aspartame, Nutrasweet)
• Bio-Solid Fertilizers (recycled sewage sludge)
• Chemical Fertilizers
• Chemical Herbicides
• Chemical Pesticides
• Chemical Ripening
• Cloning
• Genetic Modifications
• Hormone Injections
• Irradiation (the practice of exposing food to radiation for the purpose to sterilization)
• Steroids

Organic foods are produced using natural methods. They do use fertilizers and pesticides, but they are naturally produced and not chemically based.

There is no known nutritional value difference between organic and non-organic foods. The main purpose of consuming organic foods is to avoid the potential ill-effects from that can come from non-organic foods.

Even though a product is marked organic, it may still contain or be produced with/in:

• Containers that may leach BPA
• Gluten
• Aerosol

Just because a food is marked organic does not mean it is healthy. It only means it will lack the additives and methods of production listed above.