What is the easiest way to prevent weeds from growing or to kill them after they are growing?
There are several weed control methods. I will list some and you can decide which is easiest for you. Weeds can be annuals or perennials. They can be grasses, plants that look like grasses – such as sedges or rushes – or broad leafed. Annuals of all kinds come back from seeds each year and the mature plant dies each year. If you can prevent the seeds from growing, you don’t get a plant that produces more seeds. Every year that you stop the weeds from producing more seeds gets you closer to having a nearly weed-free garden. Crabgrass is probably the most infamous annual weed. Biennial plants sprout from seeds and produce leaves and roots the first year. At the beginning of the second year, they send out flowers, produce seeds and then the mature plant dies. Thistles are often biennials. Perennials have roots, stems, bulbs or other parts that survive the winter. Many perennials also produce plenty of seeds to give you lots more plants. Dandelions and many others are perennials. There are
