On Mon, 24 Mar 2003 09:34:13 -0600, Bill Seurer
wrote:

oldal4865 wrote:
It's bothersome the first year, but after you knock down the initial crop,
you can get by with greatly reduced maintenance spraying in subsequent
years. The hand sprayer seems like a lot of trouble but it's faster than
you think, especially in later years.

Hand digging the weeds works the same and is about as effective.

Respectfully disagree. With regard to dandelions, at least, with which
I have extensive experience. While a few new plants always appear from
airborne seeds, individual treatment with a broadleaf weedkiller was a
*far* superior control to my work with a digger and frequent curses as
I popped out a weed with the bottom of the root missing. The remianing
root tip often forms a colony of descendents within one season.