Who wants to help with my gardening?

[I love walmart]

Not literally. Though if you were to turn up with a shovel and a fork I wouldn’t say no!
I’m finally tidying the garden in our house after 18 months of living here. It is a mess and I am clueless as to what’s what. I haven’t got the budget to get a Gardner in. I’m just going with the ‘if it’s weeds rip them out approach’ for starters.
So can anyone tell me if I post pictures as I’m going through it, which are weeds? I would be so grateful 🙂

[I love walmart]

First ones. Are these weeds? I’ve got loads of them!

[olgaandcoda]

I would call anything a weed that you have too much of, looks horrible or spreads too much. Keep what you really like, get rid of anything you don’t like. The grass type of thing above doesn’t look great, but what do you want in it’s place, bare soil will grow other weeds, some worse than the grass.
There is an App that identifies plants, not used it, but it might help!
I plant mostly bee friendly plants now. Mixture of shrubs that are easy to care for, underplanted with perennial plants that have pretty flowers, and bulbs for Spring colour. They can be planted in the Autumn and shops and garden centres will have loads to choose from. Not expensive.

[caj]

Not a weed as such ... but it multiplies hugely and is a pain to get out. Mum advised me to dig out all bar one!

[PerksP]

We also have those grasses and they are a pain as once they seed they go everywhere. We pull them out except one big one that has got itself wrapped around the roots of a shrub so is impossible to remove.

At the very least cut out the seedheads before they spread

[I love walmart]

Yes, I have noticed lots of it and it’s really tough to get out.
I’m thinking of just removing anything that is spreading a lot and not looking pretty, but then like you say I’m left with bare bits. And I’m really not up for planting new bits.
I nearly pulled out some “pesky bramble” earlier and my husband told me off. It’s was a raspberry plant!

[disney332]

Originally Posted by I love walmart

First ones. Are these weeds? I’ve got loads of them!

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Disney332

[olgaandcoda]

Originally Posted by I love walmart

Yes, I have noticed lots of it and it’s really tough to get out.
I’m thinking of just removing anything that is spreading a lot and not looking pretty, but then like you say I’m left with bare bits. And I’m really not up for planting new bits.
I nearly pulled out some “pesky bramble” earlier and my husband told me off. It’s was a raspberry plant!

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If you really don’t want to plant bare bits, you need to manage the unruly plants you have. Make sure you dead head any seed heads first. Give them a good chop to at least a third to keep them tidy. Just generally have a tidy up and take out dandelions and bind weed types that will take over and choke your nice stuff.
You can put decorative bark, shingle or slates to cover bare areas and stop some of the weeds rooting. Give any patio slabs a good scrub or power wash and the whole garden will look better.
Solar lights look nice in the borders too, not too expensive now.