School stopped buying weed killer- wants weeds gone.
Im sorta new at my school but this year they stopped buying weed killer ( yay environment!) But they want the weeds gone. Principal asks we do something about it. Most we can do with our equipment is weedwack for hours and mow over the weeds in woodchips and all. They kinda act like theyd like them picked but provide no equipment for that. Im still new and struggling with the heat so ive been going out in chunks and doing my best but days into my efforts we are bassicly asked to go outside and start dealing with the stuff out there. Like as if we havent been trying to keep it under control all summer. Im battling unclear expectations and a learning curve with no directions as well as heat humidity being overworked and burnt out from the summer we just went through. I brought my own glives and pulled weeds but burt myself when i found out the gloves i own arnt made for picking those prickly weeds and ultimatly just ran it all over with the riding mower. I wish boiling water was an option but theres no way to boil it here much less get enough boiling water going for a playground of weeds. I could try to use carboard under wood chips but that seems likely to fail with little kids coming back to the playground. Anything used has to be safe for kids to interact with. Is it litterly just pulling weeds?
Im curious to what yard work is like for other school custodians. The main issue is the weeds in the wood chips on the playground here