Hello,

Every year, after the crops and herbs season (spring through beginings of autum considering being the warmer months), we tend to pretty much stop attending the place where we farm both due to the change in clock time and weather. Remaining unattended between end autum and end winter, it starts to invite a whole lot of weeds in that field, maybe except in the more "mulched" areas or "always active" beds like Parsley, Thyme, Coliander.

Digging is inevitable to prepare the soil but so are the weeds. Thick abundant weeds they are. Having that in mind, I heard a couple of people say that planting flowers after the harvest "prevents" weeds from growing, growing flowers instead and maybe a few remaining weeds here and there but nothing as thick, abundant and hardworking as they usual are. Specialy in fields that aren't attended in the non growing seasons (storms, constant rain, very low temps).

I want to prepare so I've been searching for sites and expert sites in both native and foreign language to see if this has some great idea behind it and if its recommended. My question to you is: do you recommend us seeding/planting flowers in a controled manner, say like planting crops, but with the objective of preventing weeds from growing? Besides the fact that would make the field more beautiful. Of course, in the warmer seasons it would be destroyed again but at least, in theory, would be less "painful" than the weeds because at least we know that if something is remaining in there is not a sneaky weed but a detectable flower, and since they grew in a controled manner, we won't lose ourselves in the middle of the nettles either. (And less weeds every year)

Eagerly awaiting reply,

Iggy