It's a war. There's no question about it. You spend hours watering, edging, trimming and feeding your plants only to find that overnight unsightly weeds have sprouted to disrupt your once picture perfect garden. Quickly you seize the invader by the head and pluck it from its stronghold in the rose bushes only to find another like him hiding in the Nasturtiums. Unfortunately, weeds have the advantage over the gardener in this never-ending battle.
Weeds are merely plants growing in the wrong place.
But they are plants nonetheless and they find your garden, with its rich soil and lots of sunshine, irresistibly attractive. All they must do is last long enough to reach maturity when the slightest breeze will throw their seeds far and wide in search of other gardens to invade. To prevent a full-scale victory by weeds, the gardener needs not only a strong defense, but perhaps a few chemical weapons as well. To effectively combat weeds, you need to know exactly how weeds have become so successful at propagation. Weed seeds are stealthy creatures hiding themselves in organic material and lawn equipment that will eventually transport them to their ideal breeding grounds.