Weeds can be the bane of a gardener’s life, especially if they get out of hand.
Garden weeds can cause all sorts of problems, for example they might smother your chosen plants, stealing all the light water and nutrients, or harbour pests and diseases that damage those plants.
In the content in this weeds section of the website, you will find pretty comprehensive coverage about weeds, that will help you deal with the weeds in your garden.
It is worth emphasising that unless you understand what weeds are, how they thrive and why we should control weeds, you won’t ever be able to develop a very successful strategy for getting rid of weeds.
And fortunately for you, we cover all of these important topics in the articles listed below. We suggest you start with these related articles, and read them in this order:
Featured Image: Photo by zhang kaiyv on Pexels.com Weeding is a job that is traditionally considered to be one of those that gardeners like least. And, the truth is, if weeds have really taken over your garden, then getting rid of them will be a tough job. However, weeding your garden beds is also one …
Organic weed removal principles As we’ve covered in the other parts of this series, weeds are super-plants that have found ways to dominate their environment and continue their presence in it over time. Thus, weeds develop roots systems that are hard to eradicate and from which new plants can spring up, they grow and set …
In this post in this series on weed control, I cover not just how weeds grow, but how they survive and thrive in the battleground of our gardens. Ultimately, I’ll look in detail at some of the ways we can prevent weeds from causing us problems and at how we can deal with problem weeds …
So, why should weeds be removed from our gardens? In the other posts in this weed control series, I’ve written about what weeds are and made the point that, fundamentally, weeds are like any other plant in the garden. So, if that is the case, why do we need to get rid of weeds? If …
What are weeds and why should gardeners care about them? It is said that gardening is all about the gardener’s efforts to control nature and controlling weeds must be one of the hardest tasks that the gardener has to do. Weeding and weeds can especially be a challenge when you are new to gardening because …
Here you will find a comprehensive list of weed identification resources for the USA and Canada. Given the vast size of the continent and the tendency of weeds to be a local issue, the weeds of North America are many and varied. The books on weed identification tend to focus on broader areas. Some of …