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   Deborah Makarios (dmakarios@theres.life)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Sep-2023 17:13:57 JST Deborah Makarios

   Seeking gardening advice and encouragement!

   Some previous occupant of my house planted a more or less inedible member of the mint family which has since spread to infest the entire back garden.

   I've tried digging clear patches (heavy clay: backbreaking, and it just grows back), and building no-dig beds (worked for a season, then failure to thrive due to root competition).

   Does anyone have any suggestions that don't presuppose either a fat budget or boundless energy? I'd prefer not to do anything that is going to destroy all soil life, but I'm getting desperate and am open to suggestions.
   #gardening #InvasiveSpecies

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     Alison 🇦🇺 (rose_myrtle@theres.life)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Sep-2023 17:13:56 JST Alison 🇦🇺

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     @DMakarios coop the chickens in a puppy play-pen thing right on top of it, they scratch out anything green until it's bare dirt... and they keep doing it. Much easier than digging it out yourself

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     Alison 🇦🇺 (rose_myrtle@theres.life)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Sep-2023 17:17:28 JST Alison 🇦🇺

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     @DMakarios I should add, from memory it takes leaving them on one patch every day for a week for effective de-weeding... then do the adjacent patch to reduce border ingress into the newly acidified fertilised soil

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     Deborah Makarios (dmakarios@theres.life)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Sep-2023 17:22:55 JST Deborah Makarios

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     • Alison 🇦🇺

     @rose_myrtle The chickens are assisting, but they don't seem to dig deep enough to get at the mint roots. Maybe I need to confine their activities to a smaller area?

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     Alison 🇦🇺 (rose_myrtle@theres.life)'s status on Thursday, 14-Sep-2023 15:09:17 JST Alison 🇦🇺

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     @DMakarios maybe. mint is tough, ey