My Least Favorite Creatures

I bet you think this guy is cute...NOPE! He, and his family are giant rodents on legs with antlers. They ate ALL MY TOMATOES. Every last one.

I've tried deer away, but it's not recommended for edible growables, and I've tried a fence. I miss my dearly departed dog, Toby, who knew how to chase them off our grounds and put fear in their hearts. Me, they just laugh at.

Is it any wonder that, when I encounter a deer stopped in the woods looking toward my car, I roll down the window and issue a string of loud, juicy, raspberries! The deer usually just laughs and asks for my home address.

Sigh.

PLEASE - help me identify this weed

I admit to being a bit compulsive aboutall things. I have allowed myself to be overcome with the task of weed identification. It took a long time to learn that the weed that I previously thought was "friendly" with little pink balls, that eventually overtook my garden was Pennsylvania Swampweed.

Try as hard as I might, I cannot learn the name of the nasty little weed that crowds out all my pretty flowers and causes me so much hard work. It's a fresh green color, the stem is hollow, and it's rather spongy like a succulent. When small the leaves look like this. When large, it sprouts a spray of white flowers (better to spread itself, I'm sure). Please help me to identify this weed.