One of gardening’s more perverse pleasures is the option of burning weeds to death with a propane torch. Known as weed torches or flame weeders, these handheld, wand-like devices focus a flame on ...

Weeding under this method is done by generat­ing intense heat through torch that scorches the leaves of the weeds. Over the last few weeks, farmers have been discussing on social media how weeds have ...

First used in the 1930s to keep weeds down along many of America’s new roads, propane torches have found a permanent place among organic farmers as a chemical-free way to manage weeds. Today, many ...