Post by tbird on Jun 28, 2015 9:29:30 GMT -5
My driveway has a lot of cracks, and weeds grow in them. I haven't been so vigilant as I should have been, especially the last few years.
So, trying to get a hold on the situation now, I am finding that the yearly weeds coming up, getting hacked off once or twice, and such has led to a significant amount of earth bubbling up out of the holes. To my surprise, when I started using the sod shovel to level it off, filling a container, I find that it is excellent looking soil. Same with some weedy area that has spilled over from the yard onto part of the driveway. The creeping charlie creeped out to the drive way, lived and died and lived and died over a few years and seems to have pulled or created soil for itself and as I'm shoveling away - this is much nicer soil than in my carefully tended veggie beds!
Not only the quality, but the quantity of soil is interesting. It seems that weedy areas, left relatively undisturbed, maybe hacked off a few times per year, seem to increase the soil volume, whereas as I had stated about my raised beds, they are constantly lowering the soil level.
So - I am moving this soil to my garden. And had a question for you lot.
My driveway is asphalt, likely about 20 years old, maybe older. Any concerns about moving this soil into vegetable production? I was thinking that maybe, just in case, I should not use it for root crops, but perhaps I am being over zealous?
Appreciate any info.
So, trying to get a hold on the situation now, I am finding that the yearly weeds coming up, getting hacked off once or twice, and such has led to a significant amount of earth bubbling up out of the holes. To my surprise, when I started using the sod shovel to level it off, filling a container, I find that it is excellent looking soil. Same with some weedy area that has spilled over from the yard onto part of the driveway. The creeping charlie creeped out to the drive way, lived and died and lived and died over a few years and seems to have pulled or created soil for itself and as I'm shoveling away - this is much nicer soil than in my carefully tended veggie beds!
Not only the quality, but the quantity of soil is interesting. It seems that weedy areas, left relatively undisturbed, maybe hacked off a few times per year, seem to increase the soil volume, whereas as I had stated about my raised beds, they are constantly lowering the soil level.
So - I am moving this soil to my garden. And had a question for you lot.
My driveway is asphalt, likely about 20 years old, maybe older. Any concerns about moving this soil into vegetable production? I was thinking that maybe, just in case, I should not use it for root crops, but perhaps I am being over zealous?
Appreciate any info.
