Your columnist, who long deemed gardening a twee waste of time, advances this argument with a convert's zeal.

本专栏作者长期以来一直认为做园艺活是一种矫情的浪费时间的行为，他以一种皈依者的热忱提出了这一论点。

Other controls include turning over the soil, pulling the weeds or covering them with mulch made of shredded wood, garden waste or other material.

其他的控制办法包括翻地，拔出杂草或用地膜覆盖，地膜是由碎木屑、花园废料等材料制成。