Some weeds are on the mild end of the garden-ruining spectrum, coming out easily and giving up fairly easily. But others are ...

Hand-pulling is the best bet to get rid of small patches of spurge. Use a small trowel or hand fork to carefully lever the spurge out of the ground, ensuring the removal of the entire root system.

What Kind of Weed Killers to Use The best way to get rid of weeds once they’re growing it simply to pull them up. You can use ...

The weed is hardy, surviving on little water and in compacted soils. It seems to outmuscle almost every native plant it comes across. Leafy spurge's roots can dig 15 feet underground.

Prostrate spurge can be hoed or hand-pulled (with gloves). The seeds require light to germinate; application of 2 inches of mulch will discourage new seed germination.

No medical advice here. Instead, I refer to the low-growing (prostrate), sprawling growth form of some of the weeds plaguing our yards and gardens. Knowing what you’re up against will ...

Hens and chicks, in this case, are not fowl but a brand of succulent, and the spurge is a ground-hugging weed related, curiously, to poinsettia. Its trick is to fly under the gardener's radar ...