many decades ago, I learned what the definition of "weed" is. It is not a specific plane but simply any plant you do not want. IE, if you do not want pretty blue cornflowers in your garden then that would be a "weed".

The nastursiums (sp?) are choking out my other plants so I yank 'em and consider them weeds.

that sounds good! i wish my growing area was not so big! by the time i get half way through, they are 'shooting' again! with our brittish rain, and all the other chores, i just put black plastic over some areas, which keeps them down a little, although they are pretty much still trying to grow under it!...just a little slower!

This sounds a little gross, and I'm not sure how he does it, but I was talking to a guy in our neighborhood last night and he says that to get rid of some of the weeds in his garden he uses dog pee (sprays the offending plant with a spray bottle) and the ph (or lack of?) kills it. I could see how this works as we have a male and female boxer and where they pee (especially if they both go in the same spot) it kills our grass.

The guy has a couple of dogs, so I'm guessing he gets them to pee in a bucket sometimes or something. It sounds gross to me, but I know that he doesn't use other chemicals unless they're organic. I'm just not sure I'd want to go that far to keep away from chemicals (but I don't have a huge weed problem right now). I wonder if there is something similar that is completely organic in a store or online that you could buy. Just a thought.