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JD in Texas
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I'm trying to start a new garden in my small patio, which at the moment is just dry soil where grass and some weeds grow sparsely over the surface.
The area is about 15x25 feet.
I have a couple of questions, I'd appreciate answers to either, or both, of them:
1) What is a good, organic (no chemicals) way of killing off the grass/weeds so that we can start some plots on the edges and cover the center of the patio with stone (we want to set down stone floor instead of using cement)?
2) We live in West Texas, near the New Mexico border, so our weather is really dry. What are good kinds of trees and plants (that aren't cacti) that we could grow? We were thinking of some tomato plants, a fig tree, and maybe some flower beds as well as ivy around the fence.
The area is about 15x25 feet.
I have a couple of questions, I'd appreciate answers to either, or both, of them:
1) What is a good, organic (no chemicals) way of killing off the grass/weeds so that we can start some plots on the edges and cover the center of the patio with stone (we want to set down stone floor instead of using cement)?
2) We live in West Texas, near the New Mexico border, so our weather is really dry. What are good kinds of trees and plants (that aren't cacti) that we could grow? We were thinking of some tomato plants, a fig tree, and maybe some flower beds as well as ivy around the fence.