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dandelion which start coming up at this time of the year.  Because they will be unable to photosyntensize due to lack of light (I presume they are mostly white/yellow in colour?), they will die as long as you leave the sheeting in place.  To kill all weeds

, including thistle, dandelion etc, and once they're dead, use a long   weeding knife or bulb trowel to get rid of the roots.  If they're in your lawn, fill the hole with a mixture of sharp sand and grass seeds, to fill the hole, improve drainage in your lawn

no idea how long that might be.  If you have perennial weeds such as dandelions, they will take a lot longer to die. They survive underground every winter!  1 month is certainly not long enough, and in my opinion it will never kill an established lawn

to the garden, normally they would be trimmed once in Spring and once in Autumn but they need a good seeing to now.The one good point this year is very few Dandelions, some of the grass area's around here are usually full of them but not this year thank goodness

wondered if I can put this top growth in the compost bin. It includes things like nettle, ragwort,dandelions, bind weed and some of the grass has seed heads. Try a new product called Biowish compost boost. It accellerates the compost process so that food

: Rubbing lemon balm leaves on my skin was a great way to prevent being eaten alive by mosquitoes! I have two types of oregano, thought the harsh winter would have killed them, but they look terrific. Better than the dandelions. My herbs have all survived

if this is in the wrong place!  I too have something that I am not sure if it's a weed or not, thought it was a Hosta but don't think so now, partner wants to pull them up but I'm not sure - help!  I know there is a dandelion behind it but my tortoise likes them

night.Carol was apparently in the floral marquee (or possibly one of the show gardens), and she took a dandelion clock, and blew it.It's a wonder she didn't get thrown out.Rosebay Willow Herb doesn't produce its fluffy seeds till late Summer, so there

for getting tap root plants like dandelion and thistle out.  Make sure you get the metal one (I don't bother with plastic garden tools, as I tend to use lots of brute force and not sure if they'd snap).  You will also need to buy a handle, I'd suggest either

though, a rotavator breaks up and chops weed roots and you may make the problem worse, not better It seems to be layers of grass but when it over grows its dandelions, stinging nettles and long grass, I have been googling and wondering if covering