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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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Weeds Centennial celebration coincides with the 47th annual carnival this year and there is a lot planned!
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Miles Rhodes,
Wine Taster
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Weeds use nutrients and moisture and cause reduced carrot yields.
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John Carthy,
Gun Shop Sales Assistant
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Weeds are controlled regardless of land ownership as control agents do not respect fences.
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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Weeds are removed gradually so large areas of soil are not exposed to erosion, and invasion by other undesirable species is limited.
Weeds have hampered food production since our ancestors first began to select and cultivate native plants.
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Billie Kirgan,
Machinist
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Weeds and algal mats can clog dam outflow and increase water loss through transpiration.
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Tony Howell,
Skateboarder
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Grassy weeds are harder to control since most grass killers will kill lawn grasses as well as weedy grasses.
Because weeds are pollinated by the wind, an organic grower can be contaminated by round up resistant crops.
These weeds were vigorous growers, and they would soon take up every drop of moisture that happened to be in the soil.
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Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist
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Weeds are most abundant and most problematic in the organic farming system and least abundant in the conventional systems where chemical intervention is used.
Herbaceous weeds are not ecologically important reservoirs of Erwinia tracheiphila.
Weeds are often a habitat for various insects, some of which are beneficial to the garden.
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