Burn those weeds with the Weed Dragon Mini!

Last year for Father's Day, I bought my husband the Weed Dragon Mini. Check out the demo at http://www.weeddragon.com/   As you can see, it is fun for the whole family. My daughter is able to weed the garden beds and text her friends at the same time!  Seriously, though, it has been a good tool for cleaning up the yard.  As you can see in this picture, we have a county park on the other side of our fence.  Weed control is not in their budget so it becomes our responsibility if the weeds are not going to over-run our yard as well.  Garlic mustard has made its way to this side of the fence this year.  I went and did battle with the beast myself earlier in the day.

Creeping charlie a.k.a ground ivy is here to stay so we do our best to keep it at bay.  It has a pleasant aroma as it goes up in flames.   It takes a couple times to really knock it back, but my main goal is to keep it out of the flower and vegetable beds.  My husband does battle with it in the turf by hand pulling it for the most part.

Caution is recommended when working around flammable objects like dried leaves and weeds, wooden fences, your house, etc. It really is a great tool for the areas under our chain link fence as that hasn't caught fire once. My daughter was having fun melting last year's garden tags that I hadn't pulled out of the garden.  Keep teenagers away from garden edging as that is not something you want to replace sooner than necessary.  Keep a garden hose handy, just in case, but not too close!  You can also use it with a small propane cylinder making it very easy to maneuver.

When you are all done with the days weeding, just aim your torch at the charcoal grill.  In no time at all, those coals will be hot and the burgers will be cooking.  Bon appetit!