lots of weeds in my garden

Growth of weed can be retarded by covering or mulching the exposed land with dried grasses or leaves . When rotten these also add humus to the soil.This also prevent soil erosion. This is the way I used to practise.

I just read another post that said brown vinegar kills weeds efficiently. Put it into a spray bottle. It is not supposed to kill the garden foods or flowers. I'm going to give it a try!

Hi, there are THREE answers to this question - 1. Physically pulling the weeds, including the roots, will get rid of the existing weeds. The seeds that are in the soil will also germinate in their own good time, so the process of weeding can be an ongoing, seemingly permanent occupation. It might actually take several growing seasons to achieve victory over the weeds, having removed all of the current generation AND the NEXT generation before the next generation could set seeds. 2. Plant the vegetation that you WANT, to smother and out-compete the vegetation that you DON'T want. This goes hand-in-hand with mulching to keep the weeds down and cultivating the soil by digging and tilling. 3. The lazy man's way out - use a herbicide to selectively kill the plants that you don't want. Then you don't even need to pull them out - just let them die in place and dig them in. BUT there's a whole bunch of other issues that need to be considered - most of those selective herbicides are NOT nice to nature, irrespective of claims to the contrary by Monsanto's teams of lawyers. Bottom line - best way to fix the weeds is by manual intervention - the way it's always been done - the way it's MEANT to be done.

The best way to rid the weeds is just keep plucking. Be sure you puck the root as well if possible. Mulch around your plants will help decrease them, but they will still appear. A granular weedBgone will help keep the seeds from germinating, unless you are starting your plants from seed. You will never completely rid your garden of the weeds. They always manage to come back.