This time of year you can find me muttering a universal prayer to the garden gods: "Please, someone, make the weeds go away. Or at the very least, make weeding easier. My hands hurt, my back aches and ...

It has more than 42,000 perfect ratings for a reason. Pulling weeds has to be one of the—if not the—worst household chores there is. Nobody wants invasive plants popping up in their yards and along ...