Killing weeds is a dirty business. Their deep-seated resilience calls to mind a comic-book villain who refuses to die and returns time and again to frustrate our hero.

Never fear that you are defenseless, but you don't have an ally in our soil. Sour soil, with its low pH, blocks plants from absorbing certain nutrients; add to that the constant wetness and a fair share of shade and you've got a patchy, weak lawn fighting to survive and unable to do battle with encroaching weeds. Weeds in the garden bed are a whole other matter entirely.

Let's put this fairy tale to rest and get to know the top weed-fighting agents at Parkrose Hardware. From manual to granule and organic in-between, these killers will have you saying, Zap! Pow! Bye! to dastardly weeds one last time.