My name is Stacey and I live in Washington DC. This is the first year I have ever done any gardening. I have a small flower and herb garden at my house (a semi-detached row house with a tiny yard) and I have a small plot in the local community garden for my vegetables. I spent the afternoon today weeding and weeding - the major problem I have with the community plot is that it was neglected for a number of years so now there is some poison ivy and porcelain berry growing along the fence that abuts my plot. I'm going to wait until fall before I try digging out the porcelain berry and I have yet to try and get rid of the poison ivy. I know I can try "round up" but I'm unsure as to the lasting affect on the soil. Stacey in DC __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/