Never works for me...I just gotta check my email really quick...then it will not take just a minute to see whats on the seed exchange....then I gotta look up that seed cause I don't know what it is...Oh yah, that reminds me...I wanted to look up if I can start this flower from a cutting.....well might as well look at the plant exchange since I'm here....hum, wonder what else is on their trade page...oh cool gotta look up that plant to see if it will grow here....hey look, my daughter that is stationed in Iraq is online...gotta talk to her for a few minutes....whew getting tired now...might as well play a quick hand of spider solitaire.....whadda ya mean...."Hi honey whats for dinner??" aacckk...what time is it anyhow!!!

There azre several brand name crabgrass killers on the market. All worked well for me, i.e. they killed the crabgrass. However, I suggest you try to do hand weeding. The dead brown spot the sprays leave is unsightly, and with fescue the dead spot is not filled-in until you overseed. The spray is fine if you catch the crabgrass just as it is emerging. Then he visible damage is minimal. This May I am trying a reapplication of preemerg like you suggest. Capt Tom

I am generally opposed to using chemicals except when necessary. I did buy some weed-killer that says it's specifically for "woody vines" or something like that. After pulling up/out as much ivy as possible, I am carefully painting the weed killer on the new leaves when they appear. It seems to be working, as I have not seen much new growth. On one rock retaining wall, I also painted the weed killer on the cut stems when I couldn't pull them out. That seemed to be very effective. Roundup will work and is supposed to be relatively environmentally benign. Everything is relative, of course. It is much more environmentally friendly to just pull off the new sprouts when they appear. It will take longer, but eventually the plants will die if they don't have leaves to make food. I agree we should make ivy illegal.

Yes, there are many people growing veggies in central VA. I don't have as extensive a garden this year as I have in most years past, but I MUST have some vegetables growing every summer. This year the garden consists of tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash, and cantaloupes. Usually there is corn and at least a couple of kinds of beans and several squash varieties along with eggplants, kale, and okra. For a newbie, you are ambitious! Good luck with your garden! Sandy