How to Get Rid of Weeds in Your Garden

The plants mentioned in today’s video:
Epilobium
Annual meadow grass
Lapsana communis
Common Nettle
Sambucus nigra
Bittercress
Dandelion
Dock leaf
Saxifraga × urbium
Creeping buttercup
Acanthus spinosus
Paeonia 'Bartzella'
Vicia cracca
Geranium 'Blushing Turtle'
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[@folksyo]

sadly no sound from minute 5 (5:17) until minute 6 in the video

[@ChrisAmidon78]

when I was 25 I would never have imagined I'd frequently watch KZbin videos of a guy weeding but here we are.

[@rdoucette2953]

John, it is fantastic to see you posting more frequently now. Hopefully, the side effects of the long Covid are in the past. Stay well and keep posting!

[@p.h.c.1113]

"There is no short video in Gardening....", loved that!

[@Combatpzman]

Never have truer words been spoken, well about working with plants anyway!

[@carolaaron5424]

"Bloody he'll! " 😂 I love your gift of humor! Brightens the day! This is exactly how you should approach life! You're my favorite gardening video guy!

[@philipoconnor2236]

Great to see you back with your videos John. Missed your humour and gardening wisdom! 👍👍👍🌿🌻🌼🌷🌲🌳

[@wildchook745]

I enjoy watching your videos. Though it's dark outside, you make me want to jump out of bed and go do something in the garden. LOL

[@janclark1894]

Thank you Mr Lord and David very informative as usual, lovely to see you🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@jimbersmcimbers]

This is what gardening is all about!

[@nicolewedemeyermiller7016]

What I love about your videos is that you often don't know what they will really contain from the title. You have a very extemporaneous nature, John. Thanks for sharing your wisdom. I am going to try weeding with a fork.

[@josephinebrevig8748]

Little and often….you’ve heard it folks. Note to self! Great to see you John. Can’t wait for more of your videos….Spring has finally sprung I feel here in Nottinghamshire, U.K.

[@23hojojo]

There is no short video in gardening because gardening goes on forever

[@jigglyjojo]

That was thoroughly therapeutic! Enjoyed the cameos, too. Great advice at the very end!

[@marycampbell5423]

Hello John - Long time no see - welcome back ❤️

[@lornalorna4026]

That Vetch at the end was an eye opener. Just seeing those tiniest couple of harmless looking leaves above the surface of the soil, yet doing all that lengthy root growth weaving through the perennials below the surface. 😳

[@carmenbailey1560]

Wow I was tired for you, damn those weeds that have roots that travel on forever. There’s aren’t any job in gardening had involves just a few minutes, the jobs travel just like roots. Thanks for sharing 👍❤️😊

[@BarriosGroupie]

Very informative: a weed in time saves years of sweat and grime.

[@philipoconnor2236]

Some weeds are like icebergs...... When you start digging and see the maze of roots and only a small weed above the surface ! 😲😲😄

[@SamStone1964]

Try just cutting it off at ground level. Without being able to photosynthesise they will usually die. But of course it depends on the plant.

[@truthofthematter9409]

Weeds seem to be intelligent enough to hide within other plants in hopes you'll not realize it's there!

[@nelidascott6917]

Fabulous post as usual ! Thanks for coming back ! Hoping for more videos to come as you are able, John 🙌🏼🤩

[@richardbaron2948]

Love your energy John.

[@yoghurt4life20]

Great video thanks for the tips! I quite like the clients cameos.

[@tmarmie3664]

Have just discovered your videos today even though I often have brunch in the Wildflower Cafe in your garden centre. Can never leave your garden centre without a few plants even though my garden is over crowded. Love your garden centre and secret garden and now videos too. I actually had breakfast there today and yourself an Teddy were about. My baby granddaughter was enjoying Teddy’s antics today . She may have fed him some of her sausages.We especially enjoy the robin who is always about as we eat in the outdoor section . Robins have a special meaning for us and he/she never fails to arrive on cue. We like to think this is purely for us. Looking forward to binge watching all your videos.

[@marknancyellis8326]

Thank you for the video! I learn so much from you- today I planted a drift of Guara ‘Whirling butterflies’ - I saw them in a video & couldn’t wait to get some for myself! I think you’d be pleased😄

[@deborahpellerito6117]

Thankyou John Lord❤

[@aimeeseattle]

Wow very satisfyingly to watch you remove all the traces of that weed root growing into the geranium , then crocosmia, and then continue to go on finding every trace of it! This could be a movie and sadly my poor life I would totally watch it till the end of every weed root was removed 😀

[@theresaholden7580]

I love a good fight with a weed. I am inspired by your tenacity! Again laughing out loud at your honest comments about gardening. So true.

[@josephherron5190]

Exellent quality video and sound much better.

[@cristidirks7193]

I had to laugh at “bloody hell”, you never know what is below the surface!!

[@joanp105]

It would be really helpful if you would give us a while to see a closeup of each weed. I find I have trouble identifying weeds.

[@philipoconnor2236]

Listen to the names and then google them 👍

[@joanp105]

The names are not known to me so I cannot remember them or I certainly would search for info.

[@philipoconnor2236]

@@joanp105 OK Joan. So if you click on the video, then hit pause for a moment. Under the video you will see the title of the video. Directly to the right of this is a down arrow. Hit the down arrow and this will reveal details about the video. In it John and his team have kindly put a list of all the weeds mentioned in the video. Hit "more" as the list contains over 10 different ones. I hope you find this helpful. If not l'll try and give you further help.

[@joanp105]

@@philipoconnor2236 thanks so much. This helps me and most likely, many more interested gardeners👍

[@georgcorfu]

What I hate about gardening is when my fingers go black. I do wear gardening gloves but sometimes when I take them off I may still find something which I haven't done, or I deep my forefinger in the soil of pots to check if the plants are thirsty. The solution is one. I rub my fingers in half slice of lemon. Of course here where I am (in the Peloponnese) the land of lemon trees, lemons are abundant. One is sick of seing lemons on trees.😂

[@maramorrison3144]

We're plagued with nut grass. Every year we do battle with this insidious invader! Good hunting, John. May you be victorious in your battle.

[@lauravalenzuela2233]

Also have a nutgrass problem. The nut grass sprays have no impact. If you have a trick, please let me know

[@maramorrison3144]

@@lauravalenzuela2233 We use weed cloth and bark mulch. As soon as we see the head of the nut grass we pull it up roots and all. Thankfully we only have a few dozen each year. Pulling them out in early spring always works for us. Btw, we were initially infested with nutgrass from bags of Kellogg's mulch several years ago. Our neighbor had the same bad experience.

[@lauravalenzuela2233]

@@maramorrison3144 It’s my lawn that is infested with the nutgrass. I do pull them but they seem quite resilient

[@georgcorfu]

I can see the trees do not have any leaves on yet. Here in Greece everything has flowered. Fields full of wild flowers look gorgeous. Easter Monday will be a bit cold and probably the rest of the week but Easter Sunday will be warm again.

[@squidsquiddly5970]

Sadly I put in weed fabric thinking it would help when I moved and now I have crabgrass going right through it all. So far my only hope is overcrowding the space with perennials and stones. Thank you for this video its great to see you uploading more! I hope some time you make a video just on the many amazing tree varieties you have in the garden They are wonderful. :)

[@elsagrace3893]

Pull the weeds!

[@ransomcoates546]

In my garden I have a terrible time with some kind of perennial onion, that grows in small clumps of bulbs with short upright blue -green foliage. They keep multiplying, and are hard to remove because they seem able to grow very close to the crowns of emerging plants.

[@SamStone1964]

Get a positive identification. Maybe they're edible.

[@georgcorfu]

I wonder how they got there in the first place.

[@ransomcoates546]

@@georgcorfu I live in the country, and they are everywhere in the Spring that is not cultivated land (Indiana).

[@maxthecat14]

"gardening goes on for ever" LOL. good thing we love it then, although it a bit frustrating at the moment as i have had a knee op. I can see the weeds, but can't get down to get them !!

[@joanfrellburg4901]

For some, it takes time to be aware of time. Reminds me of the ' watched pot never boils ' saying.

[@stevenfeyl9332]

Do you have Creeping Charlie there? The bane of my garden experience here in New York State.

[@garethcumming667]

No mention of what I believe is called " Sea Spurge" ( Euphorbia ) a mare from mid to late Summer.. along with Hairy Bittercress ( which you alluded to ).. have these "weeds" suddenly become an issue? Don't recall them 20 plus years ago being around

[@josequantro57]

Hi John, I'm loving your channel,and your enthusiasm. One question for you.How do I eradicate gout weed also known as bishop weed or ground elder. How common is it in Ireland

[@johnlordssecretgarden]

It's very hard to eradicate. It nearly always comes into a garden on other plants. Generally beds and borders have to be taken apart and all roots dug out with a fork. It takes at least 2 goes and generally an entire season is lost.

[@chrisdooney5374]

HI JOHN WOULD YOU DO A VIDEO ON SOME NICE TREES FOR A SMALL GARDEN

[@TheCattwooduk]

Japanese maples!!!

[@grahamthomas411]

Hi John another master video question. Have you seen or heard of a solar panel heating pad for a greenhouse ????? Been looking! No joy yet don't know if there is such a item ( should be) thanks for your time and help look forward to seeing your next video 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@66REDD66]

I’d buy it immediately!!! What a fantastic idea! We’ve been trying to think of the best most inexpensive way to heat our greenhouse for years. We always give up and start hundreds of seeds off in the kitchen under lights. 😩 We have no room for cooking, for 2 months at the beginning of every year. 🤣

[@AmericanaGardens]

Audio cuts out around 5:40

[@ademeyer]

I grabbed a stinging nettle last year - oh! From now on I’m wearing gloves!

[@hollymahler8213]

Where have you been I subscribed long ago and looked for you and could not find you

[@adriennecalhoun7351]

I don't mind some weeds. They help had nutrients to the soil. Dock & plantain ok if your growing nature's garden.

[@paigeturner165]

I’m actually doing a video 😂 I need to tackle butterbur that is popping up in my garden but I’m dreading it as my border is just newly planted 😭

[@cockatielnation5425]

"Can't do it any harm!" ... hacks half the bed up!

[@anyat686]

My most predominant weed, I was nursing for weeks many years ago. It’s tall, red stemmed, green narrows leaf and a white/pink tiny flower. I’m not sure how to get rid of it in my herbaceous border ? Not many other people around me seem to have it !

[@theresaalexander4142]

Sounds like fireweed.

[@michaelbdougherty]

“Relentless” white roots there!

[@EireFirst2024]

My lord pun intended, that vicia 😱!! - now I know where spaghetti comes from John 😬

[@maryrose7842]

Any tips for getting rid of Japanese anenome

[@ransomcoates546]

The worst thug I ever made the mistake of planting in my garden. Absolutely IMPOSSIBLE to eradicate, at least for me.

[@Widdrington]

I'm pretty sure that the best way of dealing with horsetail/marestail is... move. Nightmare stuff. I've spend three hours week, just trying to remove it. Losing battle.

[@NorthernCitrusParrot]

I'd be very grateful if you have any tips for getting rid of horses tail that doesn't involve digging the whole garden up. :-)

[@pansepot1490]

To my knowledge there aren’t any. Awful weed difficult to kill even with professional weed killer. :( Imo there’s no alternative to digging up the garden, and it must be a thorough job because the roots spread far and wide and any piece left in the ground can turn into a new plant. A different solution can be the no dig method, which involves covering all the ground with cardboard and a very thick layer of compost, and let it rest for at least 6 months so all the perennial weeds will die. Charles Dowding has videos on his method that you can check for details. It’s definitely much less labor intensive and easier on the back than digging but it still requires time and redoing the whole garden. If the infestation is severe it may well be worth considering though.

[@elsagrace3893]

I find it baffling that it’s so common to believe that there is an easy way or a trick to getting results you want without doing the work. What is this?

[@marjoleincrevels9120]

John must have picked up 1000 and 1000 of weeds it,s a never ending story

[@josephherron5190]

would like up.load more videos more regular.😂

[@karlsenula9495]

Wild violets ... 😫

[@sheilabernadetteclairemcin1107]

Yarrow in my grass argh

[@planestrainsdogsncars4336]

I'd kinda be more concerned at keeping weeds out of all that gravel.

[@jjdwnbyci]

First u need the right weeds!!- Then get some big bambu....and u. Want a good lighter too...sit back with a cheech and chong movie...and enjoy !!!!

[@meatball6870]

Bloody Hell!

[@dianekaufman4661]

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[@mabelgoddard5813]

It’s amazing how much we can learn! Thank you💕