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OK. I love the fact that there are so many garden addicts like myself who live in my area. I’ve been noticing that many lovely flower gardens have huge thickets of ragweed growing amongst the cosmos, daisies, coreopsis, etc. Keep the goldenrods and KILL THE RAGWEED NOW before they go into flower. About 20 to 25% of the population will get bad allergies to the pollen (including myself, of course) I even noticed a huge vegetable garden in the Dawes/Dentonia area with a row of ragweed left with the melons and squash. WHY? Are the gardeners only selectively pulling out certain weeds and keeping others? In case you aren’t sure what this plant looks like, here are all the specs on ragweed.
Be vigilant because it grows in grass and can flower at a very short height (about 4 inches) but usually it grows taller than that. I can remember playing with it when I was younger and thought the leaves looked a lot like a carrot. Basically, you must pull out the entire plant to kill it. This is more easily done when the ground is wet . Put on gloves and get working. Make sure to sleep with your windows closed, if possible, because the pollen is released during the night and early morning. Good luck. 
