The picture above is how my corn was beginning to look. It is actually somewhat difficult to see the corn among all those weeds. The look of this makes me sick, all those weeds trying to take over the area of my sweet corn. I am going to show you how I take care of this using the organic mulch I wrote about making. You can see near the mottom left where I started to pull out the weeds. I pull out as many weeds as I can before laying the mulch. Missing a few of the little ones isn't too big of a deal as the mulch will takes care of them.
In this picture you can see I got it cleared out from weeds pretty good. There might be a few little ones hanging in there yet, but all in all it is pretty clear. So, now that there is bare soil it needs to be protected from the sun so that no weeds will grow there again. Also, the little ones that were missed need to be cut off from the sun so they die off. All we need to do is cover the soil with a nice layer of the organic mulch made at home.
I like to lay a nice thick layer (3"-4") since it was basically free anyway. The more the better in my mind as it is going to prevent weeds from growing and also feed the plants for quite some time. The mulch will also slow the evaporation of water from the soil. You will notice that the soil will stay wetter longer after laying the mulch. You can use this method around any plants to prevent weeds and feed the plants. Just be sure that the good plants leaves are above the layer of mulch. You do not want to stop the sun from reaching your good plants.
Remember, Mother Earth smiles when you garden!
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