Weeds Happen!Pssst! Want to know the 'SECRET' about weed control? Do you have more weeds than lawn? What you need to realize is that weeds are symptomatic of the problem. Focus your energy on creating healthy fertile soil. If you’ve got that, you’re golden!
Okay, I can hear some of you who are quite animate in your expressions of anger over weeds. Remember, you are not powerless! You can carry all that aggression right out to your front lawn and take it out on some weeds! The biggest mistake is to do nothing to correct the soil imbalances and continuing to let weeds grow unfettered.
 There was a lady who called me one day, having some 'issues' with her lawn and wanted to know if I could help her. Some days had gone by since I had spoke to this lady. When she called me back, she was obviously on the verge of tears. After I got her calmed down she told me that she had been “saving” some crabgrass for me to see when I got out there, but that it had taken over her lawn! I asked her why she didn’t just pull it out when she saw it! She said that she wanted me to see it so I wouldn’t think she was making it up!
Today,she knows to just bend over and pull the weed instead of watching it multiply! If for some reason you can’t physically bend over, there are alternative ways to get at a pesky plant. (get your husband or kid to do it)
I get a lot of questions about herbicides. Both organic and chemical. So many people are looking for the miracle cure. They've heard so much on the radio and have seen the slick television ads and it's as if they wish hard enough and believe it will happen. That's not FAITH! That's called DENIAL! Somewhere along the way people get suckered into the marketing “fluff” about a maintenance free lawn. “Just put this magic chemical on your grass and it will make it wonderful AND it’s going to give you problem free lawn” Do you really believe it? An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of herbicides. So just pull the weed!
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