Dakota gardener: Herbicide errors

  • Fall is a good time to apply herbicide to kill perennial lawn weeds such as dandelions. (Photo courtesy of Michael Gabler, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons)
    Fall is a good time to apply herbicide to kill perennial lawn weeds such as dandelions. (Photo courtesy of Michael Gabler, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons)
    As a horticulturist, I have seen more than my fair share of strained marriages. My favorite story was told to great effect during a funeral luncheon. The deceased had accidentally filled his lawn sprayer with glyphosate, a herbicide that kills everything, rather than a selective lawn herbicide that only kills weeds.The resulting dead lawn created more than a little marital friction as hu...

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