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Monty Don explains the benefits of hand weeding, demonstrating how to keep unwanted weeds at bay.all year round, particularly springMore advice on dealing with weedsHow to hoe effectivelyMaintaining a healthy lawnDealing with brambles

How to solve gardening problemsDeal with problems that affect ornamental treesAdvice on dealing with problems on rosesMethods of controlling garden weedsPlant profiles of Prunus species

paving, dandelions, plantains and weedy grasses don't. Left to their own devices, weeds growing in paths will quickly become established. There are a number of methods for keeping your paths and paving looking good:Always deal with weeds before they have

Yellow sorrel, Oxalis corniculata, is a low, creeping weed that will happily grow anywhere - it's as happy in the bone-dry cracks in paving as it is in the damp garden and around the tops of containers. Although small, it's tricky to pull out

Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris) is a tenacious perennial weed that loves lawns and will stick close to the ground in order to survive even the closest mowing - it will even flower on 3cm-high flower spikes to ensure survival of its species. It spreads

Creeping thistle, Cirsium arvense, is a pernicious weed that will quickly take over your garden unless kept in check. Winter is the only time of year that offers a reprieve, but for the rest of the year the best way to tackle it is to dig it out

to deal with a large area of weeds is to use it for a year to get yourself started. But don't leave it there for any longer or you'll end up with the same problem a few years down the line.I've now almost got rid of the carpet at the far end, and I've been

on dealing with common weedsStinging nettlesHedge bindweedJapanese knotweedVinca

, but particularly in lawnsspring to autumnMore lawn care adviceImproving your lawn video projectHow to Mowing a lawnDealing with fungi in lawnsRemoving greater plantain weeds

an inordinate amount of weeds, there has also been a decent amount of grass clippings from around the plot, plus a good deal of lush spent plants and plant tops (including a few failures I must admit), so my layering is much improved. I even have a few fallen