On Sun, 23 Mar 2003 08:37:51 -0800, "Bill"
wrote:

Yes. There is weed killer which will not kill the grass. Walmart has the
best prices. Read the labels on the weed killers and get the one which says
it will not kill grass. Then just go around and spray the weeds. It works!

Also this ****es off the enviro-wackos. So you can get rid of weeds and
tick off the enviro-wackos at the same time!

What Bill means is, if you're not a confirmed "organic" gardener,
'broadleaf' weed killers will, for the most part, kill the leafy (most
noticable) weeds down through the roots, and leave the grass alone.

The problem with hand-weeding (which doesn't mean so much "pulling up"
as "digging out") is that many weeds will propagate from the tiniest
root fragments. As Pam says, a vigorous lawn will prevent many (not
all) weeds from taking hold at all.

where [do] weeds come from and why they grow so fast?

Weeds are plants that grow where people don't want them. Where they
are uncultivated, they develop very strong survival characteristics --
able to withstand drought in drought-prone areas; resist common local
deseases; and develop defenses against eradication by bugs and
animals. They are the tough guys. I maintain that if a culinary use
for tumbleweed (or the zebra mussel) is found, it will disappear
completely within a decade. All you have to do is decide you *want* a
plant to grow to have it wither and die.