It was like cutting weeds at the surface.

Necessity demanded that the skilled specialists of the 27th be put to work pulling stumps, cutting weeds and doing general clean-up jobs.

"On weekends, we lived in the Hispanic world, cutting weeds in the chili fields and putting away alfalfa with a pitchfork," he said.

Yet more laborers cut high grasses and weeds, planted the lawns and removed hedges and trees that blocked views of the tomb.

The back and forth motion is highly effective with cutting weeds in loose or breakable soil.

On Nov. 4, they went to the cemetery, cut weeds and picked up 50 bags of fallen leaves.

Some days he works on electronics and computers, some days he cuts weeds.

If the mower is set to cut high - 2 1/2 to 3 inches -weeds will naturally be smothered out of a vigorously growing lawn.

In the kitchen garden a stocky old crone hobbled among the cabbages, cutting weeds with a hoe.

I cut waist-high weeds that hid old field-stone walls.