I use a product called Preen to control weeds in my flower beds. Can it also be used in my vegetable garden? Preen is a pre-emergent herbicide that kills germinating seeds. It will not harm vegetable ...

Its popularity with poultry earned it the name chickweed, and some people agree, touting Stellaria media as another weed that makes a tasty salad ingredient, according to the National Garden Bureau.

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 ...

Many homeowners use landscape fabric (also called weed barrier) throughout their landscapes to minimize weeds. Landscape fabric restricts the light required for weed germination (since weeds seeds are ...