[KathieI]

Very timely thread for me. I have a huge weed problem, don't know if its worse than anyone else, but to me, its horrible. I'm tired of paying people to remove them and then a week later, they're back. So I did an experiment myself and I weeded my beds recently by moving the rock to one side, pulling all the existing weeds by the roots and then applying Preen around the plants and putting back the rock. It was a large job but I enjoyed being outside and working in the soil... lol. (this was pre-lovebugs).

Its been about a month and not one weed has come through the rock yet. Making me very happy that my work was not in vain. Preen may be expensive but not as expensive as paying weeding people every month.

Now I presume I just have to keep up with the maintenance.