Garden Fence

There’s a line of weeds growing along the fence in my backyard. In spring I can pull them on my hands and knees, but at this time of year the soil there is like concrete. Pulling leaves the root; they come back even stronger. I hate to use an herbicide. I was whining to a friend about it the other day, and she suggested boiling water. Boiling water? “Sure,” she said, “Pour it right on the weeds. It’ll kill anything it touches.” I tried it, and she was right. It took a few trips, but it was worth it. The weeds are history, and there's no collateral damage. As I was carrying my teakettle across the yard, I remembered a scene from the 1951 movie The Thing from Another World – “Here's the $64 question: What do you do with a vegetable?” “Boil it.” “What did you say?” “Boil it, bake it, stew it, fry it!”