White Vinegar -- non-toxic weed killing

Today I want to tell people about an easy way to get rid of weeds without using chemicals that are harmful to other plants as well as harmful to humans and wildlife.  Every time I see the Round Up commercial on TV of a guy spraying his suburban sidewalk and being so happy about getting rid of weeds in 5 minutes I want to scream - "remember silent spring!" If people only thought of birds dying off when buying the gallon container of Round Up -- birds, insects and other living beings they are killing!  Not BP oil spill - but the homeowner.


Use white vinegar as a weed killer.  Here are the easy steps showing how I got rid of crabgrass in bricks in my garden:

1) Buy a large container of white vinegar (boiling water is also good, but a bit more difficult to transfer to the garden)

2) Chose a sunny day.  Put white vinegar in a watering can.  I tried using sprayers but find that a watering can is better at providing enough vinegar to be effective.

Pour vinegar over weeds

3)  Early in the day, pour vinegar over weeds - this works especially well on sidewalks, brick patios.  Do NOT USE vinegar to get rid of weeds in your garden beds.  Be careful using vinegar near plants you want to grow.

4)  Let the sun and vinegar do their work.  At the end, the weeds will be dead.

Four hours later - weeds are dead and ready to be swept away.