Solarizing won't work unless you have 80 percent of available sunshine. Along the eastern Lake Michigan shoreline it is a useless practice because normally not enough sunshive is available.

So..... I sprayed the weeds with the directed mixture and within 2 days, the foliage has turned black and the weeds appear to be dying. I tried spraying weeds ranging from little seedlings, to a cluster of Canada Thistle. Zappo! The biggest downside is the cost. $140 for the tub. Makes 25 gallons. Definitely a spot spray or broadcast in a small area.

As I lay here in bed reading this, I have a large pad on 2 sheets of paper towels folded long ways two line that pad, 2 depends pull-ups on, a disposable Chuck, a fabric Chuck and a towel underneath all of that. I along with many other women that I've read about on this thread have suffered these 'monster' periods for a very long time, well actually to the tune of 25 years. I have left my stamp (flooding Period gushing pools) at work at home, at the child Gymboree class, on Greyhound buses, on every form of Transport known to man. I have always had to have the heaviest flow pack of pads I can find along with Depends pull ups and tampons and black pants at several strategic locations during my day. One kit in my car, one at my job and always in the house. I could identify with the frustration and I was happy that some people mentioned the mental anguish and the feelings of being just out of it. Feeling isolated and unsociable. Over the last 25 years I have adapted to living with the memory loss, fog and just kind of drifted through my day on auto during these episodes. I was not financially position to be able to stay home during the illness, and on one occasion I remember coming up off the subway train and bent over on the street screaming in pain. But this was New York so everyone passed by and ignored me, indifferent to what they were seeing. At that time a taxi driver saw me and had pity on me. He insisted that he take me home. but I was adamant because I didn't want to lose my job; so I told him to take me to work. By the time I got to work they had to call an ambulance and rush me to the hospital. I was dehydrated and anemic due to the blood loss. it was the first of many occasions like that, and I would frequent the ER bleeding heavily and dizzy over the following years. 10 years ago I had three fibroids removed of which one was the size of a grapefruit. The monster periods lightened up for maybe a year or two but then it came right back with a vengeance and was like Clockwork every 3 weeks as per usual. Heavy and uncontrollable with massive clotting. I was too afraid to have the hysterectomy because of people's horror stories including my own mothers; and the fact that it apparently brings on menopause, along with all the syndromes almost immediately. My little sister had gone through menopause at age 43, so I figured I'd wait it out thinking I can't be that far behind. I am 51 years old, and to my absolute Delight had not experienced a period in the last 7 months; so I thought I was done with it all , thinking that it was all behind me, that the nightmare was over, and got rid of all my stationed 'kits.' Yes it meant I had terrible hot flashes, but those paled when measured up against those monster periods... Which brings me right back to today laying here reading all your heart wrenching stories. At this point I don't know what to do and I really don't want a hysterectomy after suffering so much with the fibroid removal. moreover I don't have the luxury or option of taking time off of work. I guess I will make the appointment with the gynecologist and see what options are out there two decades on. I'm hoping for a miracle. Again I want to thank all you ladies for being so candid and sharing your stories. It has been really helpful to me and, I'm sure, to many other women going through this nightmare. I wish you all success with your various treatment options. I will definitely come back and update you on what treatment the gynecologist recommend.

Where Landscape fabrics that are WOVEN of polypropylene (like a cheaper version of trampoline mat) have a use is in SEPARATING stone mulch from the soil below. It's useful because it's almost a sure bet that at some point down the road, someone is going to want to REMOVE the stones. If they are just laid on bare soil it's going to be a lot harder to do. (The cheaper, especially rubbery fabric will not work at all to do this as it will break into little pieces as one tries to remove it.) Wood based mulch doesn't need to be removed because it turns into soil over a period of time. For a short time (one year) it may seem like landscape fabric works because wind-blown and water-washed silt has not yet accumulated on top of the fabric. Once it does, weeds will grow again. Many commercial landscapes were created on a site scraped clean and built with new landscapes installed at the beginning. They were professionally maintained and weeds never had a chance to establish. However, if their care was abandoned, weeds would quickly move in. Many homes, however, are neglected and weeds are rampant. Once they establish, they continually make thousands of seeds capable of sprouting for years in some cases. (I'm still pulling up seeds from Grandpa Ott morning glory that hasn't grown here in two years. Regret planting that!)