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to trace, although the little leaves are vicious stingers.The Grandes Dames of the weed world in my garden, however, are bindweed and couch grass (I thank all divine beings that we have no ground elder in this garden). The former, in addition to its

through the raspberry canes, forking out dandelions and couch grass as best I can. It all looks great. I've also forked over under the currant bushes in preparation for a lovely top dressing of blood, fish and bone and home-made compost - what a treat

sprout a shoot and become a strong new plant. A few years ago, in a desperate effort to get rid of both bindweed and couch grass from the border, I dug out all the plants and virtually sieved the soil clean of every last filament of weed root I could see