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 Use weeding tools. Hand-held tools are safer than chemical herbicides.
- Hand weeding is less likely to harm other plantings.
- Tools won’t poison you or run off into rivers and streams.
- See best weeding tools for a few sturdy, well-designed tools.
Allow a few weeds in your lawn. A lawn can be more than just a sea of grass.
- Many "weeds" such as clover or daisies improve the soil or add interest.
- Try an eco-turf blend of grasses and small flowering plants that can be mowed.
Use heat to manage weeds. Heat is especially useful on patios and paths.
- Simple boiling water from a teakettle will kill many young weeds.
- The flame weeder – a blow torch on a wand – is available for less than $100.
- Avoid using flames in dry conditions and near flammable objects.
Weed and feed is a pesticide. It contains weed-killing chemicals along with fertilizer.
- If you choose to use herbicides, spot-treat individual weeds.
- Spreading weed and feed over entire areas wastes money and risks harming people, pets, wildlife, groundwater and local rivers and streams.
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