About a year and a half ago, Dakota and I dug up all the grass in front of our house and put in a xeriscaped yard instead. It was a long and difficult process, but, at this point, the yard looks pretty good. Plus, most of the plants are established enough that I barely ever have to water them. There's only one problem: grass.

No matter how many times I pull it up, the old grass keeps growing back in to the front yard. I have tried and tried to dig up all the roots, but the grass just keeps coming back. I haven't wanted to use a toxic weed killer because I don't really believe in putting nasty chemicals into the ground just to save time. But, I recently found a product on one of my favorite organic gardening websites, Planet Natural, that I'm excited about.

It's called Weed-A-Tak, and it's a weed and grass killer made from all-natural products "including eugenol (clove oil), 2-phenethyl propionate (peanuts), castor oil, thyme oil and wintergreen oil."

I sprayed it on the grass growing in the front yard last weekend, and in a couple of days it was DEAD. Yea! So, I am feeling good about this product. I plan to wage a campaign to get the front yard grass-free using Weed-A-Tak, and I think I have a good chance of success.

1 Comment

1. Anonymous on 8/10/2006 12:34:00 PM

   Dear EAPPster,
   
   Please provide an update to Green Frieda on this entry. Has the grass grown back, or is it permanently kaput? Have you reapplied the organic grass killer?
   
   Wondering in San Antonio