We played this game last week. Are you ready? What do you think this is?
Are you sure?
You know I don’t play fair, so I’ll just tell you…
It’s an herbicide drift eliminator! Ever try to kill something lame and accidentally injure your awesome stuff? If you’ve ever had a dog that wasn’t supposed to scratch his face, you have the perfect solution to your problem!
Oh, and here’s the recipe for my weed killer…
Ivory’s Non-Selective Herbicide
2c vinegar
1 T liquid soap
1 T salt
Dog cone
Mix first three ingredients in spray bottle. Will kill anything it touches. Place doggie cone over weeds. Spray, don’t pour or nothing will grow there for a while.
Ivory
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I will certainly try this recipe in my garden but usually, I just pull them out and leave them to dry on the soil; weeds turn into garden fertility compost. For the perennial weeds, I use a used can: I get all I can of the weed that I want to get rid of inside the can and then, I top the whole center of the plant with the can by pressing it into the soil with my foot. It can stay there for 1 year! When the place is infested, I hide the cans with a bit of soil so the border looks nice despite the cans everywhere.
You can do it with a milk jug too. Just cut off the bottom and a part of the top and use the same way. Thanks for the herbicide recipe.
Wow!!! thank you for the great recipe. Some of my weeds are outta control and I refuse to use chemicals.
I bet an old lamp shade would work for those who don’t have a doggie cone. I’ve been saving one – trying to figure out what I can do with it. For a large weed – place the large end down. For a small weed or in a tight space – place the small end down. I can’t wait to try it.
So clever. You could also use the dog cone in the opposite way, if you’re like me and have more weeds than plants…
This is my favorite subscription ever! A great organic weed killer recipe as well.
I have cat and dog cones that are now too small for the critters now. Amazing recycling project! Thank you.
@Janice YAY!!! I LOVE that you love my recycling project. I thought it was a SCREAM!!! On par with the baby gate as a compost sifter. HA!
@Lindsay HA! You’re funny!
@pumpkinsx3 Absolutely! Repurposing is all about using what you already got ’round the house!
@Marielle True that! As a lactose intolerant family, we have more doggie cones than milk jugs . Isn’t that CRAZY?
@Raquel This will murder them. Kid you not! HA!
@Louise C WOW! That is a great idea!!!
I love your Website. I get such a charge out of your concoctions. This will save me a lot of money and chemical contamination!
I love this idea! I too pull most everything out, weed wise, but there are time when you can’t and this will work great! Thanks for the tips.
@Hope—GOOD! Glad to be useful!
I was so excited when I read this that I went and made it and used it immediately! Thanks so much!
@jennifer You’re welcome!!!!