The man then lead our Crew along with Crew 8 to gather up the tools we would need for the day; wheelbarrows, gloves, shovels, weed whackers, and other miscellaneous gardening essentials. I thought to myself, "Hey, we're at a church, right? So we will just be weeding in rose gardens and little flower beds, it can't be that bad. The guy must have just been pulling our leg. Oh no. The weeds were taller than the chain link fence surrounding the garden, and the roots for each weed easily exceeded 5 inches once it was painstakingly and aggressively pulled from the dirt.
I looked at the task in front of us and thought, "Seriously God? How disappointing that on these kids' first day we are barely going to make a dent in this garden.
These kids are so young, most of them in 7th and 8th grade. God, I just tried yanking one of these weeds out and it took a TON of my strength to do it. How on earth are we supposed to accomplish clearing these weeds out so that the garden beds are visible again??!
Irritated, but trying to remain as peppy, upbeat and encouraging as I could be, we started pulling weeds. Nearly each weed required the help of someone to dig and two to pull the thing out.
I watched as these kids, all mostly strangers to one another at this point, started to work together I was flabbergasted. This was a Goliath of a task put before these young teenagers and they absolutely came together, made it fun, worked without complaining, were covered from head to toe in dirt, and amazingly, worked for 5 hours in the San Diego sun without getting sunburned.
About halfway through we announced we would have a competition: "Whoever found the Tallest weed and the weed with the Longest roots, would win a candy bar of their choice on the way home.
By 3 o'clock David, Emily and myself the adult crew leaders stared in awe at the garden. There were 8 raised wooden garden beds that we had no idea were even hidden in the weeds when we began We just looked at one another and said, "Wow. Day one and you just helped these incredible kids knock down a Goliath of a task put in front of them.
Then water 1 inch per watering. Use any cylindrical cup or can to measure this. This will moisten the whole length of your root system.
Excessive moisture will cause aquatic weeds to germinate, like dollar weeds and sedge. Too little water will cause drought and dry weeds to germinate like Florida Pusley and Spurge. Then you will need a good fertilization and pest prevention program to keep the grass thick and the bugs out so no dead areas appear. When lawn care is not optimal, thin or dead areas appear and weeds will follow soon. Once weeds are there, a Heron lawn care specialist can treat them with a post emergent weed control.
This practice will kill existing weeds. A pre emergent applied correctly by a Heron lawn care specialist in the Fall and Winter will prevent your summer annual weeds from germinating from the start.
Last, keep your grass cut. It sounds simple, but many people wait too long to cut their grass. Once a week should take care of keeping the grass healthy. Letting it grow too long then cutting causes unwanted stress on the grass and slows growth allowing weeds to grow. Augustine is an excellent grass to have in Central Florida for a thick, green lawn with minimal weeds, but taking care of it is not for the novice. For the best lawn care available in the Orlando area, request a free quote today.
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