oops, sorry, Mr. Landlord.

[concertinette]

What I learned this summer is that I’m not really cut out to have even the tiniest of gardens.  My plan:  one potted tomato plant, one pot of mint (for mojitos), and an in-ground bed of mesclun lettuce.  The reality: lots of blossoms but only 5 tomatoes actually set, and only one of those grew to ripeness without being chewed upon by either bugs or

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[shadefell]

Boil up some water and pour it over the spot the roots sunk in. It will kill everything in that area, but it doesn't sound like a big area, and grass can be replanted later. Much easier than digging up semi-frozen earth.

[concertinette]

hmmm... the water will kill it? I'm not just using the water to make things more diggable? I wonder how deep it'll go... I'll look it up.
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[shadefell]

The boiling water will boil the roots and kill them.

If your ground is totally frozen you might need to do two applications or something.

For the record ...

[mandolinjen]

mint loses to buttercups. In my yard, anyway. :(

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[concertinette]

Interesting.
Now I want to see something like BattleBots, only with plant species growing over an enclosed plot filmed in time-lapse.