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The grass will become less intense, but it will still grow. .
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I think you got right to he bottom of my issue when you said I didn't go deep enough with the till. I fully understand there will be weeds. this year it was just a bit intense.
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Certain weeds like certain soil conditions. You really want to get into this? Buy a weed book, look up all the things growing in the garden spot you don't want.
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I like to garden.... it's fun. Gives me an excuse to use my cubs, and gets me some good food in the fridge and in my belly. Saves me a bit at the store.
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That's the majority of my motivation as well, something to play with and use equipment. I need to justify the cub cadet hobby by at least producing a couple tomatoes with them
I sit in front of a computer all day for work so its a nice change of pace. There's also something satisfying about producing some food on your own land.
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Leaving the clippings on the yard doesn't affect the fertilizer you put on the soil. Grass clippings are basically fodder. They rot and put nutrients into the ground.
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That's precisely what I mean, its free "fertilizer" plus the clippings have to hold some moisture which that I would otherwise be throwing away.
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I sweep mine up when I wait too long to mow and use them for compost.
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I seem to find myself in this predicament all to often. Though the bagger for my mower is a couple hundred pounds and is a pain to get on with one person. I usually only bag in the fall for leaves or when I dethatch. When I wait too long I just end up running over the clippings again/crosshatching to chop them up a bit more. I know a waste of time but I only mow about an acre of grass so its not a huge time killer.