Weeds are a common problem for gardens and lawns, and can be difficult to control. Gardeners should determine their weed tolerance and workload tolerance before implementing a weed control plan.

Get ahead of weeds by tilling early, removing perennials by the root, and mulching well before planting to stop summer weeds before they sprout. Use methods like hand-pulling, hoeing, newspaper or ...

We carpet our homes but what about the garden? So I thought I'd carpet our vegetable garden to stop weeds invading my vegetable beds and to help grow better food crops! Hey Guys, I don't want people ...

Weeds compete with your plants for water, light and nutrients and can reduce yields. They are also hosts for many insects and diseases that can attack your garden plants. The common way to control ...

How does your vegetable garden grow? Mine is just getting started. I am picking asparagus every day (and trying to pull the weeds at the same time) and watching the lettuce and other greens that I ...

It’s widely known that weeds are unsightly, troublesome plants. In lawns they disrupt the lush, green, carpet effect we work to achieve. Even worse are the weeds that invade vegetable gardens where ...

How to control weeds is a topic in many gardener discussions. Inevitably, there are differences of opinion on what constitutes a weed and on the evolving practices for treating weeds in lawns and ...

Timing of pre-emergence herbicide applications to prevent warm-season lawn weeds such as crabgrass should be during mid-February to March 1 when day temperatures reach 65 to 70 F for four to five ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO — On this edition of Weekend ...

April showers bring May flowers. They also bring May dandelions, and crabgrass, and weeds. Weeds are just part of having a yard. They’re part of having a garden. Heck, they’re part of having a ...

Weeds are a common problem for gardens and lawns, and can be difficult to control. Gardeners should determine their weed tolerance and workload tolerance before implementing a weed control plan.