Today I was doing some yard work and was trying to kill off some weeds.  I was using RoundUp and ran out.  I found a simple homemade recipe online today and tried it out:

• 1 gallon of White Vinegar
• 1 cup of Salt
• 1 tablespoon of Dawn or dishwashing soap

It costs about $1 to make and worked a lot better that RoundUp did.  About 2 hours later, everything that I sprayed with the homemade stuff was totally dead.  The weeds that I sprayed with RoundUp looked unaffected.

What is nice about this recipe is that it is safe around pets and children.