Weeds are those garden pests that can ruin the appearance of your patio when they sprout up round your ankles while you’re enjoying your Supremo barcelona garden furniture. Furthermore, they can also have negative effects on other plants and may continue to grow underneath your slabs or gravel. Most people think that harsh chemicals are the only way to get rid of them, but there is a new natural, simple hack all gardeners should know.
Why should chemicals be avoided?
Harsh weed killers or home remedies such as salt and vinegar may seem to be the only way to kill your weeds, but if you have pets or other welcome animal visitors to your garden, these chemicals can make them ill. If you have plants or crops nearby, weed killers can also affect these too.
Weed killer can also be harmful to the environment, so if you can keep them at bay naturally, it is recommended to do so.
So what’s the gardening hack for weeds?
The simple answer to the weed gardening hack is boiling water. Advice shared on Facebook page Gardening UK from one happy gardener is that boiling water is a ‘godsend’ to her overgrown pathway.. After just one day, the weeds treated with boiling water start to turn brown and die. The best part is, pouring boiling water keeps the weeds away, which is useful for gardeners who have less mobility and aren’t able to keep on top of manual weeding.
