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 ...

When we survey vegetable gardeners, we find that weeds are their number one pest challenge. Weeds deprive developing vegetables of water and nutrients, as well as sunlight, and can quickly turn your ...

Q: I already have weeds growing in my vegetable garden and flower beds. I am not fond of working at weed control, and I don’t want them to take over either. What is the easiest way to prevent weeds ...

As a relatively new vegetable gardener, I have been battling aggressive weeds in my garden since I started it three years ago. At the beginning of this season, I had hope that measures I’d taken ...

With July Fourth approaching many Delawareans are anxiously awaiting the first homegrown tomato from the vegetable garden. You probably have most of your summer crops planted, so now is the time to ...

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 ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Unsightly and seemingly uncontrollable, weeds have a way of taking over the garden in the time it takes to put the hoe away. Keeping weeds under control takes time and patience, but ...

The universal spray: It’s a fungicide! An insecticide! A floor wax! Rick, who works in Laurel and lives all the way up in Westminster, writes: “I have a small raised-bed garden that contains tomatoes, ...

Why do weeds overtake gardens so fast? Most plants we call weeds are uniquely programmed by nature to survive and thrive. Most propagate by seed and the worst offenders can produce tens of thousands ...

Q: I have been taking care of my mother who had a stroke in June and have had to neglect my vegetable garden this year. It is now overgrown. What is the best way to get a handle on the future of my ...

Kat in Leesburg writes: “I failed to keep up with weeding a section of my vegetable garden. Crab grass and other weeds got 2 to 3 feet high and then went to seed. I ripped them out as best I could, ...