Environmentally-Friendly

Anybody who enjoys their garden wants to get rid of the weeds that always pop up - and getting rid of weeds also means more water and nutrients are available for the plants you want, too.

Here are some environmentally friendly ways to reduce weeds in your garden so you don’t have to grab the chemical weed killers:

• pour boiling water over the weeds
• manually pull the weeds out! If you pull out a weed or two every time you walk past the garden, this isn’t even a big job
• keep garden beds mulched - it won’t stop weeds but it does make it harder for them to grow so there are fewer to pull out!
• grow ground covers between your larger plants - again, it hinders weed growth and also acts as a living mulch
• try some companion gardening - certain plants encourage each other and discourage pests including weeds