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"A weed is a plant that is not only in the wrong place, but intends to stay."   Sara Stein 
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1 Identifying, pulling, counting and Sorting Weeds Uses weeding to practice math skills of sorting, using tables, tallying, writing numbers.
2 Comparing Weed Categories Uses weeding to practice math and science skills of collecting, organizing, and summarizing data in charts and comparing the same kinds of plants.
Weed tracking worksheet
Spring weed lesson plan
More weed identification sources
The grasses (crabgrass & nutgrass), thistle) common purslane and dandelions are the weeds we have the most trouble with in the fall. 
Some of the  common weeds in our gardens are:
Broadleaf Plantain
Carpet weed
Common Purslane
Crabgrass
Dandelion
Nutgrass
Spurge
Thistle
There are three main types of weeds

 
 
"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant."  Robert Louis Stevenson
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