Weed-killer
There is a time in May and lune when the days arc long and everything grows twice as fast as in the month before. Perhaps the days are lengthened to give a gardener time to cope with all the weeds that spring up at his elbows, but I confess that I put most of my time to another use. The weeds grow in my absence and when I face the task, as eventually I have to do, I find it all I can manage. Until a year or two ago I used to debate whether to begin on paths cr beds first, but I made a discovery about treating paths and it seems as effective as I can wish. We had a drum of tar-oil disinfectant. 1 put a cupful of the stuff in an old watering can and added two gallons of water. The solution killed every weed on the paths. They stayed that way. Even dandelions were scorched and it is only necessary to repeat the treat- ment once each season. So far I have not thought of any easy methods for use on the beds. This work must be done humbly on hands and knees.
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