I started working on the garden (50'x50') I am putting in. I had it all tilled up, weeds removed and getting ready to plant. Then we started getting some rain, and more rain. Now I have a garden of weeds again. What can I put in there to remove the weeds? If it wasn't a place I was going to grow vegetables I would consider Eraser (herbicide). Do you have any suggestions? I want this to be something I can enjoy, and not work on weeds constantly.

Thanks,

You can use a hoe, a flat shovel, or a any tool that can scrape the leaf part of the weed from its root, especially when they are young. Also, many herbicides labels often indicate that rotortilling after use and waiting X number of days the soil is safe for planting.

Every time you rototill, you will turn over more seeds and grow more weeds.

You can use Eraser but you must wait at least two weeks before planting.

The only way you can prevent weeds from growing on soil is to cover it all with a weed barrier and only cut holes where you plant your vegetables or anything. Some weeds will even continue under the weed barrier (like bindweeds--I found roots of bindweeds 2 yards long under the weed barrier). Weeding is part of gardening---When you had it tilled up, some of the roots may be cut into small pieces. They in turn could also become new plants. You could use Eraser and kill all the weeds that were there so you at least are sure there are no small roots of bindweeds, mugworts, and Bermuda grass. Wait 2 weeks---then cover with the weed barrier and just plant in the cut holes. If there are any soil above the weed barrier, some weeds will find the soil and grow there- I think Mother Nature thinks if there is bare soil, something has to grow on it----