Lakota squash just harvested from vines which had recently become overgrown with weeds. Image credit:J. Laumer

This time of year, garden pathways and borders can become over-grown with weeds in a matter of days - especially if it's been raining a lot. The first challenge is to keep weeds in these areas cut low enough to enable passage and to prevent them from going to seed.

Food growing areas of the garden also may have to be 'wacked' at this time of year to prevent weeds from taking over plots used for early crops like spinach and to prevent weeds from shading out early producing vines such as Lakota squash (pictured). For these tas...Read the full story on TreeHugger