Every year a new weed tries to take over the walkway between the herb garden and the vegetable garden. Last year it was thistle, the year before it was Kochia and errant grass, this year it’s prickly lettuce, lambs quarters and shepherds purse.
For some reason this one area is heavily covered with lambs quarters. Luckily they pull out of the rock very easily, as there is a fabric underneath; but I can’t just spray them. The sprayed weeds will dry and then decompose into the bottom layer of the rock, building up a compost type soil over time that will grow more weeds, so pulling – for 2 hours.
I left the very tiny weeds, because they’re actually too small to pull. I can’t grab them with my gloves on and I’m not going to sacrifice my finger tips to this purgatory.
The S/E walkway was easier as it had larger weeds, and was much more sparse. I got that done in 1/2 hour, after spending 2 hours weeding the vegetable beds.
I think one more session of weeding this area, and this level of purgatory will be purged! (And then I can move on to another location.)