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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

is dandelion alley... we all have a cross to bear. at least it's not bindweed or ground elder. Thank you! I should have said that I'd prefer not to use chemicals as we have a cat and there are several next door too, who roam into our garden frequently. Knowing

and fruit in place of the lawn but don't we want our gardens to make us feel relaxed....lawn greenery is soothing Well said, Frank. I wonder if Bob Flowerdew was being provocative? My 'lawn' is actually a mixture of grass, bugle, primroses, dandelions

is on about! If you lot won't answer the question properly, then I will. Start your seeds off in a 1 inch seed tray, then sprinkle lightly with compost. Mist finely everyday with a diluted mixture of cloudy lemonade and Dandelion and Burdock. DO NOT LET

hired a rotovator, carefully dug it over sowed grass seed and regret to say it's now full of moss and not major but still annoyingly large amounts of daisies, dandelions etc. Try your best, but remember immaculately maintained beautiful gardens also

. Its an east facing slope, and covered in grass and dandelions currently. No over hanging trees, and its got 6ft fences all round. I've never had the opportunity to plan a veg garden layout from a really blank canvas, and keep changing my mind about

. They loved cow parsley but cow mumble was a different plant, also eaten by by the rabbits, but not as popular. I wonder if I would be allowed to wonder the fields and hedgerows - alone- now. Besides dandelions my rabbits also like ground elder, bindweed, dock

to the large number of dandelions around in the fields near us this year? As you we also have holly blue amongst several other species. I hope this great turn out this spring signifies the start of a great year for us gardeners

as wonderful with cats, perfectly tidy, and all the other things we are hoping for!). I think that mowing the lawn and pulling up the odd dandelion is probably as much as I can ask. So I really need to think about ways to put my garden to sleep for a year