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Weeds can be enemy, useful indicator, valued guardian, health-giving medicine. After reading this book, you're likely to see (and grow) things differently, perhaps viewing your weeds as distinctive, informative neighbors-not all of whom can stay! A commercial farmer, Gilman devotes several chapters to strategies of control: stale seedbed, use of the stirrup hoe and weedeating machines, mulching and timing. He helped pioneer the biostrip approach-periodically-mowed strips of biodiverse growth between cultivated rows which amount to intentional sod where weeds might otherwise grow and which beneficial insects can inhabit.  Steve Gilman has been farming organically since 1976, growing herbs and vegetables in the Saratoga, New York area.  He is a longtime presenter and writer on organic matters.  Recently, he served as Managing Director of the North East Organic Network (NEON), a USDA research project administered through Cornell University.  Steve has also served in numerous capacities on the boards of NOFA-NY and the NOFA Interstate Council.  The first in the series of handbooks on organic principles and practices published by NOFA, by Steve Gilman, 2000.  58 pp.