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.lawnsspring to autumnMore advice on removing weedsYellow sorrelVinca or periwinkleMind-your-own-businessGreater plantain

.Yarrow is fairly resistant to many selective weedkillers, but in lawns, use a weedkiller such as a 2, 4-D-based herbicide to remove the weed. Apply in cool, moist, calm conditions when there is least risk of accidentally damaging nearby garden plants.all over

Sow green manure crops to fill bare soilRemove pond weedsHoe and hand weed bordersFeed plants such as roses, shrubs and hedgesPrepare soil ready for sowing a lawn or laying turf during September and OctoberSend off for mail-order bulb catalogues

levels in pools and remove water weeds with a netHoe borders on hot sunny days to remove developing weed seedlingsContinue watering anything newly planted until it has establishedCut verges along the roadside to prevent plants obscuring the view

or bespoke weeding blade, and push it as deeply as possible into the gaps, hooking out weeds, roots, soil and all. If you can't get right down between the gaps, simply scrape the blade along the joint, slicing through weed stems. This will remove moss as well

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 bramblesRemoving

Chris Beardshaw demonstrates how to remove blanket weed from a pond and offers advice on adding marginal plants and oxygenators to reduce excess nitrogen.summerMore water gardening advicePlanting marginals in a containerGrowing marginal pond plants

to remove without damaging the other plant.Another prolific weed on the plot is bindweed. We've got both sorts - the large white flowered one and the pretty pink flowered field bindweed. I always hand weed the shoots out as soon as I see them but they keep

We recently asked Gardeners' World website and magazine readers around the UK to nominate their worst weed. One weed, it seems, crops up everywhere, topping the list in many regions: bindweed. (Readers in Scotland and northern England gave 'pride

Regularly remove weeds by hand or use a hoe if conditions are dryMaintain mowers and check garden machinery is in good working order and ready for the season aheadLook out for compost bargains at garden centres so you'll have all you need for spring sowing