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Jenny McFarlane

Ground ivy took hold in my lawn and garden over winter – I'm stopping it in its tracks with these simple yet effective expert-approved weeding tips

Ground ivy in a garden - Nataliia Grytsenko - GettyImages-2270227160.

Ground ivy has nearly got the better of me this spring. After a long, wet winter, it seems to have crept into pretty much every corner of our garden. And I mean, I'm finding it everywhere right now, including my lawn and borders. It's well and truly winning the weeding battle, and I've been at a loss as to what to do about it.

I've tried the usual methods to get rid of weeds fast and eradicate them naturally, pulling it up here and there and hoping for the best. However, it became clear pretty quickly that this wasn't a weed you could tackle the way I was.

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