We've just got our first house and with it came a lot of new challenges in the shape of gardening.
One issue I have not managed to solve is weeds in our lawn.
I have been ripping these things out of the lawn a lot (see pic in post) but I feel like I can't win. There are big patches where you can hardly see the grass.
I know not everyone want the perfect grassy lawn, and I don't need perfection. But these things are growing and spreading at an alarming rate. I need to do something about them.
Where we are at now, I feel like we are past the point of ripping them up one by one. We need some wider, more effective solution.
What are these and how do I fight them in scale?
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There is some good advice here on dealing with this particular plant. Assuming it's not native for you, that's worth pursuing.
I'm going to be that annoying person and suggest this is a good opportunity to rethink the concept of a lawn. A lawn forever requires a lot of maintenance because it's usually a monoculture and usually non-native. Allowing that space to become a habitat for a variety of useful native species is very rewarding. You will need a reliable way to identify plants (like an app) to determine what's good to keep or remove. It will require a lot of maintenance initially, but a robust native ecology once established will require less attention with time. Your local fauna will thank you.