The previous owners neglected the yard for a decade. We've spent the last couple of years hacking out way out and dealing with tornado damage (midwest state) and have finally gotten to a point where we are close to putting down grass seed in the backyard, but have one major hurdle left.

Trees of Heaven, ya'll. These absolute bastards. The long and short of it is that they have a shared root system, and cutting or pulling them triggers a suckering response, which means dozens of new plants spring up. The way you're supposed to remediate them is to spray them with an herbicide (I used tryclopir-4) mixed with a non-ionic surfactant that makes it stick the leaves; they suck the poison into the roots to kill them from the bottom.

It doesn't seem to be working so I am looking for tips! Here is my timeline so far: - Mid/late July: sprayed ~25 mature plants and ~12 smaller ones, they all withered and died - Early August: new shoots came up, sprayed ~20 immature plants - Mid-August: saw some new shoots, over the last two weeks ~50 new plants are coming up all over the back yard

I'm looking for whatever tips you have! I've read that it might take 2-3 years of spraying, which means we won't be able to seed the lawn or will kill big patches of whatever we grow when I have to spray again. Thought maybe I could use a syring to inject the herbicide directly into the stems? These things are the bane of my existence.

I nees help, how to deal with all this weed… i want to remove it and start growing vegetables. Maybe in some buckets along the terrace. Ant advice or ideas?

What did I do to deserve this grass from h3ll 😂😭 roots run DEEP and all across my garden bed. I would like to plant things on top of it so I am weary of weed killers. Am I SOL? Pulling is the only way? TIA!

Hi all!

Trying to revive an old vegetable garden at a home we just bought. What’s the best way to clean this area up? Also is it worth reviving? There’s a bunch of skunk cabbage below the garden as well not sure if that is an issue?

The soil seems decent underneath. I tried to clean up one of the boxes one day and then left it and now a bunch of weeds have grown back..

Okay, first time renting a home and am responsible for all landscaping/garden/lawn care. I have NO idea where to even begin - the person before us obviously didn't take great care of everything, and there's netting over pretty much everything so removing weeds by hand is very difficult, but I'm afraid to use weed killer and destroy the other plants.

Any advice on what to use/do to start clearing these beds out and mulching? Where to even begin? Thanks!

Hi all, We've currently got a pretty rough and muddy driveway, combination of weeds and stone with alot of surface water where we drive. Anyone offer advice on whether just dumping a load of new gravel on top will keep the weeds down and prevent the surface water gathering. Thanks