...but last summer it got so bad the crabgrass was actually sending runners up and trying to take over my porch! By that time it was really too late to get rid of it that season without drastic measures (or I thought so, anyway). I wanted to try some of the pre-emergent crabgrass preventer in my yard this year, but unfortunately we also need to put down grass seed to cover some bare spots where they tore up the yard trying to fix the well, so I can't. Oh well. Maybe next year I can try it. This year I guess I'll just have to tear it out by hand. I think the pre-emergent stuff wouldn't have done the trick on this nasty stuff anyway since the roots I'm pulling up are already sending up shoots.