Today is the last day of Spring 2014!  It is a beautiful day here in Colorado with highs only making it to the upper 80's maybe 90 degrees.  Sophie and I love to lounge in the back yard.  She is a particular little dog about me staying in the back yard with her while she "sniffs" and suns herself.  While I am enjoying the sun I am surveying my backyard and have noticed a very healthy crop of weeds by the back fence.  Many years ago we pulled up the sod and planted various flowers, trees, and bushes back there.  We lost a lot of plants until we finally found some perennials that now seem to be thriving.  The plants we had success with were larkspur and an ornamental grass that I do not remember the name of.  There is no mulching around the plants, that is another story I won't go into, just dirt and sand which weeds love.  Every year I pull weeds to no avail.  Pulling them seems to make them grow faster, at least it seems that way to me.  This spring my husband thought it would be a good idea to try a weed killer but I insisted we try something that would not hurt the dogs.  He found an organic  recipe. Vinegar weed killer  After one spraying the leaves started to turn brown, but I found out we need to spray weekly because it does not kill the roots.  Now we are tasked with the problem of how to "finish" our landscaping and Sophie can sniff to her heart's content.  Win Win for us all!!  Have you tried any organic alternatives for lawn care?  Please share!!

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