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How many of you use a weed-eater and how many of you spray for weeds?

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I've actually devoted a fair amount of thought towards this subject this year. In the past, my weed control strategy has been three-prong. I use the 'weed wacker' on the lawn edging and on the weeds growing along the fence in our back alley. Then, I'd occassionally spray Roundup(tm) in sidewalk cracks and other large weed infested areas to control them. Finally, we'd pull the weeds coming up in the lawn by hand.

Last summer, I became so frustrated with the bindweed in our lawn, that I bought something called Weed Free Zone, a broadleaf killer that can be applied in the lawn. Well, I didn't do my homework before I bought it, so I did some research about it once I had it at home and before I applied it. Well after reading about it, I decided that I didn't want to apply that chemical to our lawn, especially since our dog has an affinity for eating grass. So, at that point I decided to go POISON FREE in our yard. I have stopped using weed killer, 'weed and feed' and inorganic fertilzers. My turf strategy now is to nurture a healthy, thick turf using organic means and pulling weeds by hand every few weeks. In the gardens, we have put landscape fabric down and have to rarely pull weeds along the margins. And for the back alley, I still use the weed wacker.
 
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Weed eaters, sprays, chisel 'em out with a flat bladed screwdriver from between the cracks in the driveway, bare hands ... whatever gets the job done.

The most effective method is to leave 'em alone and just go inside and fall asleep on the couch while watching Family Guy reruns. Eventually, this thing called 'winter' takes care of them all pretty good.
 
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This leads me to jlb1705's Home Maintenence Tip of the Week:

"Allowing weeds and grass to grow to eye-level is the best way to hide your scrap metal stockpile and keep your kinfolk from stealing it while you're at the bowling alley."
 
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For the weeds that grow between the bricks on our patio I would prefer to use Roundup and be done with it, but my wife worries about our boxer getting sick from it since the dog likes to lay out there. So, I spray the weeds with white vinegar which fries them in about a day, and then I pull them.

The biggest pain with this method is new weeds grow back very quickly, so I have to do it every 3-4 weeks.
 
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