PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent sand and dust carried on the wind, from being accumulated in a slot to cause sprouting of seeds of weeds which come flying. SOLUTION: The method and machine for weeding and repairing are constituted by removing the weeds which have grown from the slot and crack of a curb, a side-ditch, or the like of a road or a sidewalk, filling the slot and crack with dry sand containing a solidifying agent, and sprinkling water to stop up and solidify the slot and crack so as not to spread root even if the seeds of weeds come flying and sprout. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO