How to get rid of Morning Glory aka Bindweed

There is nothing glorious about morning glory. In this video, I will show you how to get rid of Morning Glory, also known as Bindweed. That vile hateful weed that is the bane of gardens and lawns everywhere.

Morning glory is called Bindweed because it wraps its tentacles around other plants and chokes them out, stealing their water and nutrients. If you see this sold as packets in the garden center, do not buy it. It's a trap!

The best way to get rid of bindweed is to go to your local farm store, or some garden centers and get the product 2,4-D. It is a great weed killer that is deadly to all broad-leaf plants including morning glory and dandelions.

What 2,4-D does is inhibit the protein in the plants that tell it to stop growing and to start setting seed.

So the way you use it is to spray on the 2,4-D and then after it dries, you water your lawn/garden as normal. Yes, that's right. You want the morning glory to grow. Because, it will grow and grow until it burns its roots right out, and eventually it will die. If you do not water it, then it will possibly go dormant, and then you will have the problem next year.

Watch the above video to see how we get rid of morning glory on the backyard farm.

Staking and Pruning Tomatoes

Taking proper care of your tomatoes is essential to having a great harvest. By taking  good care of your tomatoes you can greatly increase the amount of fruit you get.

The first tep is to make sure your plant gets plenty of air. You do this by stringing it up in rows. Do not use the metal tomato cages ad they just compact the tomato and don't let it grow very well. The best way is to put metal posts in the row every eight feet or so. Then get some good string, or better yet, baling twine and weave it in and out between the plants. See the video to the left for a better demonstration on how to do this.

To prune your plants you need to realize that a tomato plant wants to grow large and fast, but if you don't keep the growth in check, you  will have a beautiful green tomato plant with few tomatoes.

So what you want to do is look in your plant and when you see a "V" where the two stems shoot off from each other, you want to pinch off any part of the plant that is growing there. This way you will encourage your tomato plant to set fruit rather than set foliage. Watch the video above for a better visual on how to do this.