Weeding may be a pain, but it's important to do it properly

Weeding may be a pain, but it's important to do it properly

This story was originally published in May 2021. Weeding may be the bane of most gardeners’ existence, but it is important to help the crops that you want to grow thrive without competition. Properly pulling weeds is important to making sure that they don’t come back. “You can definitely be wasting a lot of time if you don’t address the root of the issue — literally,” said Kate Garland, horticultural specialist at the University of Maine Coopera…