I have a piece of ground which I laughingly call an orchard because it
does actually have some fruit trees in it. It also has burdock, dock,
nettle, creeping buttercup, speedwell, plantain, applemint that has
escaped from elsewhere, and much more besides.

Somewhere under all that is some grass which I would like to encourage.
I cut this lot regularly with a strimmer, but the weeds come back again
quickly. How else can I get rid of them without using chemicals? Is
burdock a perennial?
--
Roy Bailey
West Berkshire.