Weed a garden bed - PEM BB gardening.sand.gardenweed

This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEM curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the sand badge in Gardening.

Annual gardens do come with a lot of maintenance.  The better your soil is, the quicker the weeds will grow.  If you accidentally till your garden you'll have even more weeds.  Keeping the weeds under control gets easier as the season progresses and if you keep them from going to seed, it will get easier each year.  Yes, I know many "weeds" are edible.  Feel free to eat as many as you want as you pull them :)  Let's weed that garden bed!



Weeding tips (ignore the parts about icky herbicides):


Minimum requirements:
  - Area of at least 10 square feet
  - Organic options:
       - Pull weeds and compost or leave on the surface to dry out
       - Cut weeds at surface by hand or with hoe
       - Weeding tool
       - Smother weeds with a bunch of mulch
  - You can leave up to 2 desirable "weeds" per square foot
  - Can include paths and/or perennial areas
  - No rototiller or herbicides

Provide proof of the following as pictures or video (<2 min):
  - The area prior to weeding
  - Midway through weeding with any tools you're using
  - The freshly weeded garden
  - Prove 10 square feet if it isn't obvious