Weed Control and Prevention

Weed Control

Learn how to kill weeds and keep them from coming back. We'll show you the best ways to get rid of invasive plants without harming the rest of your garden.
quackgrass
What Is Quackgrass? How to Kill It Fast Before It Takes Over Your Yard This Summer
how to keep weeds out of your vegetable garden
7 Easy Tricks to Keep Weeds Out of Your Vegetable Garden for Good
Dandelion Weed Growing in Lawn
Put Down the Weed Killer—4 Things You Need to Know That Could Help Your Lawn
Hand-pulling weeds from the yard
12 Weed-Pulling Tips We Learned From Pros That Actually Work
Dallisgrass closeup showing seedhead.
How to Control Dallisgrass in Your Lawn and Keep It From Coming Back
Weeds growing between cement crack sprayed by plastic bottle with mixture
Does Bleach Really Kill Weeds? How to Make a DIY Weed Killer That Actually Works
As my photo shows there are white wild violets, besides purple-blue and yellow.
These 10 White Flowers Are Actually Weeds—Here's How to Identify Them
Queen Anne's lace
Poison Hemlock vs. Queen Anne’s Lace: How to Tell the Difference
Closeup view of spurge weed on wood
How to Identify and Get Rid of Spurge Weed
Poison Ivy Plant
How to Get Rid of Poison Ivy
Closeup of pokeweed
How to Get Rid of Pokeweed Effectively
Front view of poison hemlock
How to Identify and Remove Poison Hemlock
Japanese knotweed growing in a colony near a road.
Which Plants Are Considered Weeds? Here's a Complete Guide
Dandelion bloom closeup.
What Kills Weeds Permanently?
Closeup view of a squirting cucumber plant
How to Grow and Care for Squirting Cucumber
Staghorn sumac shrub with tall branches forming wall of green, red and yellow leaves
Poison Sumac vs. Staghorn Sumac: The Major Differences
Mushrooms in grass
How to Naturally Get Rid of Mushrooms in Your Yard
natural weed killing solution using vinegar
3 Natural Homemade Weed Killers That Actually Work
A person sprays a weed with Bonide Captain Jack’s Deadweed Brew
8 Weed-Killing Mistakes You Should Always Avoid, Plus Expert Advice to Fix Them
Using a fork to pull weeds from the garden
A Fork Is an Excellent Tool to Pull Weeds in the Garden—How to Use It
dandelion closeup
42 Common Weeds in Lawns and Gardens: Identification & Control
spraying vinegar on weeds
How to Use a Homemade Weed Killer With Vinegar
Crabgrass herbicide
How to Kill Crabgrass
Dandelion on thin stem with orb of seed heads next to bricks lined in garden
How to Remove Dandelions From Your Yard
Illustration of types of poisonous plants to know
22 Common Poisonous Plants
Poison ivy plant at tree base to be removed closeup
How to Safely Remove Poison Ivy
Wild violet plant in lawn with deep purple flower and bud
How to Get Rid of Wild Violets in Your Lawn
Japanese knotweed
How to Get Rid of Japanese Knotweed
Creeping Charlie plant growing in ground next to shovel and garden gloves
How to Get Rid of Creeping Charlie
Flowerbed with yellow flowers surrounded by soil
How to Kill Grass in Flower Beds
person spraying dish soap solution on moss
How to Kill Unwanted Moss with Dish Soap
Dandelion weeds with white puffy seed heads in vegetable garden
Is Clover a Weed? Benefits of Clover and Lawn Weeds
Grass growing between cement cracks in sidewalk
How to Kill Weeds in Sidewalks, Driveways and Patios
Corn Gluten
Corn Gluten: An Organic Pre-Emergent Herbicide
person applying pesticide
Organic Methods for Killing Weeds Safely
rolling out landscaping fabric
How to Install Landscape Fabric for Weed Control
Dandelions gone to seed among dandelions still in bloom.
Weed Control Without Chemicals
Purple wild violet flowers and weed leaves in lawn
Identifying 9 Common Lawn Weeds
English ivy with yellow-green flower clusters covering cement wall
16 Types of Invasive Plants You Should Avoid
Crabgrass growing in between concrete cracks
What Does Crabgrass Look Like?
Patch of moss growing in lawn with surrounding mulch
How to Get Rid of Moss in Your Lawn
Front closeup view of ragweed leaves
How to Identify and Avoid Ragweed
Oriental bittersweet weed vines with small green berries and light green leaves
How to Identify & Remove Oriental Bittersweet
lawn care worker spraying crabgrass
When to Apply Crabgrass Preventers in Spring
Broad-leaved plantain with small green flower spikes and tiny white flowers on thin stems
How to Grow and Care for Plantain Weed
Bugleweed ground cover plant with purple flower clusters surrounded by leaves
5 Invasive Ground Covers to Avoid
Common yellow oxalis
How to Identify and Remove Yellow Wood Sorrel
Bindweed plant with small pink and white cup-shaped flowers surrounded by arrow-shaped leaves
How to Identify and Remove Bindweed
Creeping bellflower plant with drooping bell-shaped purple flowers on thin stems
How to Identify and Remove Creeping Bellflower
Dandelions being sprayed with a spray bottle in a sunny field.
How to Kill Weeds With Salt
Ivy growing on wall
How to Kill Ivy
Invasive and toxic kudzu vine
How to Identify and Remove Kudzu
Yellow dock plants with long, red, skinny flower stalk clusters next to white and yellow wildflowers
How to Identify and Remove Yellow Dock

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