Later rains interspersed with warm ups. It's a bad year for weeds. Chop them down, layer with cardboard or 4 sheets of newspaper and put mulch 3 to 4" thick. Or, spray with RoundUp (or pickling vinegar if you don't want to use an herbicide), cardboard/newspaper, mulch.

Patty S.

I used Round-up on a regular basis when I first started trying to tame this half-acre 12-15 years ago. Once I got the weeds under control, I started planting a little bit at a time, but to tell you the truth, I still weed weekly during the "rainy" season. I never go into the yard without pulling a few piles of weeds. I don't think it will ever end.
Renee

Spreading out 10 yards of mulch every year is agony, but the result is no weeds. I try to get it done in January before the weeds have a chance to get going.

Yes as Patty said, late rains interspersed with warmth has sure made everything grow.

Yeah, overwhelmed by how tasty they are!

Purslane
Lambsquarters
Dandelion
Sow Thistle
Chickweed
Wood Sorrel
Wild Mustard

Sure beats going to the supermarket & doctor. Wish I could identify more of the weeds in my yard!

My strategy for weed control is to plant densely, mulch a lot and allow useful weeds to flourish, while removing the more noxious ones.

Well I'm feeling much better today. My wonderful bf helped by mowing and weed whacking and I was able to finish weeding my new flower bed and two of my three berry beds. I just couldn't bear to pull the borage out of the third bed because the bees were enjoying it so much, the little blueberry bushes will just have to tolerate being crowded for a month or so.

Now I just have to finish up around the fig tree, grape and kiwi vines, and fruit trees. Then I will be ready to start spreading newspaper and mulch... and then I can get started on my veggy garden.

It's neverending! But I wouldn't give it up for the world ;oP

Though it wouldn't work for every zone or every garden style .... Nasturtiums are my winter - into- spring ground cover .... they shade out any weed growth and are so easy to pull when it's time to get serious in the garden ... and they make wonderful cheerful little posies to take to shut-ins.

I've seen overwintered stands of nasturtiums down in Southern California, they are beautiful. I love nasturtiums but they aren't tough enough to withstand our frosts so I grow them as annuals, I have some healthy volunteers sprouting so I had to pull the weeds around them very carefully.

A lot of houses around here have Vinca as a groundcover to suppress weeds, but it's so aggressive I wouldn't want to plant it near my fruits or veggies. I think I'll mainly just pile on the mulch, but in my flower and veggy beds I'm going to start experimenting with Thyme and Sweet Alyssum as groundcovers.

There is an up side to weeding: privacy! There's nothing like going out to weed, to guarantee a little alone time :)

If you sheet mulch (using cardboard layers), make sure that any separate pieces of cardboard overlap by at least 6".

Cardboard works great and you can cover it with something prettier. Dandelion leaves were very tasty this spring. They help with circulation and guard against spider veins.