Weeds : control without poisons

"Low biological activity is inherent in each weed problem ... Each weed is keyed to a specific environment slotted for its proliferation." So says Weeds — Control Without Poisons author Charles Walters. Further, calcium, magnesium, potassium and other elements in equilibrium are likely to roll back more weeds than all the available herbicides on the market. Specifics on a hundred weeds, why they grow, what soil conditions spur them on or stop them, what they say about your soil, and how to control them without the obscene presence of poisons. All cross-referenced by scientific and various common names, and a pictorial glossary. Leave Her On A Stormy Day -- Observing Weeds Grow -- Fields Of Unkraut -- The Weed-insect Connection -- The Socrates Sessions -- The Lore Of Weeds -- The Be & Cec Concept -- Fertilizing The Weeds -- Poverty Pastures, Poverty Weeds -- A Cup Of Hemlock -- Weeds As A Cash Crop -- The Devil's Pantry -- Cast Of Characters -- Weeds, According To Common Name -- Weeds, According To Scientific Name -- Pictoral Glossary. Charles Walters, Jr. Includes Index. When I was a boy in Western Kansas during the Dust Bowl days, the weeds were my friends, especially the Russian thistle.