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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

My girlfriend keeps two rabbits which graze on our lawn.  The lawn is almost full of weeds as I've not wanted to apply weed and feed in the two years we've had the rabbits.  I want to deal with the weed problem but don't want to harm the rabbits

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

I am helping someone in their garden who has had an accident, her compost heap is just a pile of weeds and garden junk piled high in the back of the garden. any suggestions on how to get it under control or do i have to build a new heap properly

which are quite pretty I might add.  Having looked on the web I discovered it is Orange Hawkweed (Hieracium auantiacum) I can't find out much information from UK sources on how to deal with the invasion and what steps I can take to eradicate the weed

Prepare soil ready for sowing a lawn or laying turf during September and OctoberTop up water levels in pebble fountains and poolsDeal with problem lawn weeds, digging them out or applying herbicideOrder spring-flowering bulbs to plant this autumn

of things have changed. Many 'gardeners' wouldn't be able to identify a weed. And even if they could, they wouldn't want to be bothered with such tedious faffing around. They believe that the easiest way of dealing with 'weeds' is by applying various

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

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