Guide

Cut, loosen, and extract big roots with staged cuts, careful digging, and prying, then backfill and stop regrowth.

To clear knotweed in a home garden, combine repeat-season herbicide with strict cleanup and follow-up for at least two years.

To remove Japanese beetles from garden beds, hand-pick into soapy water at dawn, use netting on prized plants, and time grub controls for late summer.

To clear horsetail in a garden, combine frequent top-growth removal, better drainage, deep barriers, and spot herbicides where legal.

Wear full PPE, identify the plant, cut seed heads, dig roots, and repeat checks until no regrowth appears.

Poison hemlock removal in gardens uses PPE, early pulling of rosettes, and targeted herbicides before bloom, with strict bagging and disposal.

To remove garden hedges, cut them down in sections, expose and sever roots, extract stumps, then block regrowth or grind what remains.

To move a hedgehog on, give a night-time escape route, take away food lures, then seal gaps only after full checks and, if needed, expert help.

Use habitat tweaks, barriers, and water management to shift garden frog activity without harm.

To clear green growth on a garden fence, scrub with oxygen bleach, rinse well, let it dry, then seal the wood to slow regrowth.