Hi everyone.

I've joined the forum in the hope that I can become a bit more green fingered. At the moment I tend to shove something in the ground and walk away knowing it's got two chances, but if I can get my head around what should be where and when I might be able to get our garden looking something like decent.

One of the biggest problems I need to overcome right now is weed control. We moved into our house nearly a year ago and inherited a good sized but terribly neglected garden (30 years). The top 1/3 of the garden, approx 50'x35’ is totally covered in Docks and nettles but I'd really rather it be lawned. Last summer I got my hands on some weedkiller and sprayed the lot, within a week they all seemed dead but a few weeks later they were back with a vengeance so I sprayed them again, and the same happened. Obviously they died down over winter but now they’re back in all their glory.

Now, this is becoming a real bug bare and I don’t feel like I can move on until I’ve figure out how to kill them. The area is way too big to dig them out and they must be so deep routed I’m worried that weed killer isn’t going to get rid either. My worry is that they are consuming the lawn, they have moved down by around 4 feet in a year and I need to nip them in the bud asap.

Can anyone offer some useful advice? Any suggestions welcome but I really don’t see digging them up as an option this time.

All the best,
Matt