Mid-Atlantic & Weeds--pull or not?


I'm in the lower mid-Atlantic, I guess; it was hot and
dry the first part of the summer, warm and rainy the
second.  My first planting of tomatoes bore a little and
then died (hornworms didn't help) but I've had success
with peppers and onions, the lima beans I planted
rather late look fine and almost ready to pick, and my
new tomato transplants are loving all the rain.

About weeds, I recall hearing a few years back that it
was all right to leave them in place once the wanted
plants were well established; that they shade the
ground somewhat in the summer and pulling them out
disturbs the roots of the wanted plants.  Does anyone
do this--just let the weeds grow once the wanted
plants are growing well?  And if you do, intentionally
or unintentionally :)?  How has it worked out?

Thanks,

--Anne
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