First, the name makes no sense: it’s not a crab and not
really grass either. What it is, is annoying for anyone trying to grow a nice
lawn. It should be called Annoying Grass.
I’ve lived in my current house for 16 years and up until
last summer hadn’t had much of a problem with crabgrass. Then, almost
overnight, I noticed my “pristine” lawn was being overrun by the stuff.
I did some studying up on the weed and every place I looked
said basically, the same thing: Don’t pull it. Pulling it will only re-seed the
“grass” for next year. The best approach, the articles claimed, was to wait for
the germination period the following spring and try to kill the crabgrass with
an herbicide. If applied at the right time the weed killer/preventer will eliminate
some of it but it was not effective once the crabgrass had started to
grow. And, it further stated, once the grass reached about thirty percent of
the lawn, you might as well take out everything and start over. Well that
sounded promising, or not.
Since I’m stubborn, I decided I would pull it despite the
warnings. My lawn was at thirty percent or better but I was convinced I could
win this so-called unwinnable war. I started pulling. And pulling. By the end
of the summer, I had big dirt patches in my lawn. But... No Crabgrass! Well,
none that was visible anyway.
This last spring, I went to the store looking for a weed
preventer. Something to kill all the little seeds I’d planted by pulling the
Crabgrass. Instead, I found a product that claimed it would kill adult
Crabgrass—along with preventing new growth. It also said it would eliminate all
other types of weeds like; Dandelions and such, all without harming the real
grass in the yard. I was a bit skeptical. And at twenty-five dollars, it was a
little expensive—about twice what a normal weed and feed product would cost to
do my lawn—but, I splurged. And then I started spraying.
I re-sprayed every few days. It took a few weeks to see any
results. But as we got further into spring, I noticed there were absolutely no
weeds in my lawn. Then, the start of the growing season for Crabgrass came with
no sign of the Annoying Weed. I decided the stuff had worked. This is the best
my lawn has looked in years!
Bruce A. Borders is the author of more than a dozen
books, including: Inside Room 913, Over My Dead
Body, The Journey, Miscarriage Of Justice, and
The Wynn Garrett Series. Available in ebook and paperback on iTunes,
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