My father always swore by coarse salt against weeds in his gravel: it took one rainy spring for me to understand what it was really doing to his garden
For generations, gardeners have scattered coarse salt to eliminate weeds—and it works. But one rainy spring revealed the hidden cost: salt doesn’t disappear, it accumulates in soil, poisoning flowerbeds and killing the beneficial organisms that make gardens thrive. Here’s what actually happened to my father’s roses.