I’m a gardening pro, my tips will banish weeds from your garden FOREVER – including the lazy No-Dig method

NOTHING compares to the sheer frustration of seeing all your hard work in the garden being destroyed by pesky weeds.

But, according to two experts, there are a few tips that will banish these unwelcome tenants forever, including the No-Dig method for the more lazy gardeners.

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Appearing on This Morning on ITV, the gardening expert Daisy Payne gave viewers an easy hack to keep the green space weed-free. 

”It’s really important that you don’t use pesticides in your garden,’’ warned the whizz, Ideal Home wrote.

She explained: ‘‘It’s bad for the environment, it’s bad for the wildlife, and the eco-systems you’re supporting in your garden.”

Instead, she advised sticking to a more natural and ”a really organic” solution – the lazy No-Dig method.

”This is perfect for if you’ve got a really big space or a veg patch, and there are lots of weeds popping up.’’

For this, Daisy said, avid gardeners will need to get a few layers of cardboard and simply place them over the weed-infested area, making sure ”it’s firm down”.

Depriving the pesky plant of light and vital nutrients, the cardboard layers will see off any weeds.

Speaking to the presenter, the gardening pro also revealed which gardening tool is the most effective for removing unwanted weeds.

A hoe, according to her, will get rid of weeds from the root, which is the ideal way to ensure they don’t return.

If you’re not convinced, there is also another method, with the necessary ingredients most likely already sitting somewhere in your house.

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Adrienne Carrie Hubbard, the author behind the blog Crafty Little Gnome, insisted there is an easy homemade solution for killing weeds – and it’s easy and cheap to make.

The three-ingredient non-toxic mix consisting of vinegar, Epsom salt and dish-washing liquid will give gardening enthusiasts ”control over weeds”, the whizz claimed.

For this, simply heat one quart of vinegar in a pan until it’s hot – but not boiling.

Then add two cups of Epsom salt and stir until the grains have dissolved and let the weed-killing mixture cool off slightly.

Add roughly 1/4 cup of dish detergent to a spray bottle and carefully pour in the vinegar-salt concoction.

Here, the expert added, it’s important to wait until the weather is nice and hot before you spray the homemade solution onto the weeds until fully saturated.

Within hours, they will wilt and shrivel up – and although you will still have to pull them out, it will be much easier than attempting to remove a live weed, Adrienne explained.

”The vinegar will not harm the soil and you can safely replant the area once the weeds have died.”

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