I had one of those ideas that's either clever or stupid.
In order to make a pile of soil that's full of weed/grass roots usable I dumped the dirt in a bucket of water and mixed it well, then strained it into another bucket using hardware cloth to filter out all of the weeds.
Then I poured the water into an old collapsible tub hoping that as the water evaporates good soil will be left behind.
@grendel84 yeah some weeds have rhizomes or bulbs that will regrow if mixed with soil. I usually just pull weeds and leave them on top like a mulch.
Idk if you started from a patch of lawn like I did that was such a pain in the ass though
@selfsame
Sort of lawn. Last fall I moved our trapoline to expose a beautiful patch of grass free soil. Over the winter and into spring however grass grew into it.
It was actually kind of impressive - the entire yard was dead but that patch stayed green all winter, despite several instances of 4+ inches of snow and sub zero temps.
There was certainly enough that it took several days of labour and an electric cultivator to clean it out.
Grendel
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