Boiling Weeds

So, I had seen posts on this as a way to kill weeds here and there for quite awhile now. I had never tried it though. Anything natural or non-chemical as a resolution is very appealing since I have a puppy and she likes to eat things.

In the past, at a different address we would just pull weeds, or dig them up as needs be. Sow thistle which has flowers looking like a dandelion gets huge (like 4+ feet high) with leaves that are stickery and adhere to gloves, etc, if you grab it and its roots strike very deep and if you let it grow several feet high... well, it's stem system will rival a small/medium tree in width.  It is technically edible.

Anyway, on my small patio some that was still short came in through the area they have decorative bark. It had already gotten deep enough roots it wouldn't come out pulling by hand. I recalled this as a natural way and so got some water in the teapot going.

I went out and poured it once piping hot onto the plants. After just a short time, you could tell there was some impact.

And then, later that afternoon.....

Within a week it was truly dead. And this is how it looks now.....

So, it does work! If I had done up more water and poured it on again same day or even a day later I think it would have worked faster. And, it is not exactly practical if you have a lot of area to do. But if you have some of these or just any weed it is an option. Just don't get it on a plant you wanted to keep.