To Weed or Not to Weed? That isn’t really the question...

Part 1 of 6:
Grow Appalachia’s Matt Wilson discusses why weeds can be good (but not in your garden) and how various techniques like flame weeding, occultation, cultivation, cover cropping and using groundcovers fit into an overall plan for weed control.

Grow Appalachia is a program of Berea College. Grow Appalachia partners with families, communities and organizations in Appalachia to create healthy, resilient, and economically viable food systems.

*ATTENTION KENTUCKY GROWERS*- If you are a small farmer in eastern Kentucky, we may be able to provide free on-farm consultation. Please visit the following website for details:
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Other videos in series:
• This Ain’t Your Grandma’s Garden Hoe: Cultivating Weeds with Precision Hoes
• Growing Undercover: Using Groundcovers for Weed Control
• Keepin’ it Green: Cover Crops in the Market Garden
• The Dark Side of Market Gardening: Occultation (Tarping)
• Playing (Carefully!) with Fire: Flame Weeding in a Market Garden

Grow Appalachia:
Berea College:

Jesse Frost’s channel and podcast:
• Website: roughdraftfarmstead.com
• No-Till Growers channel on Youtube
• No-Till Market Garden Podcast:

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