Guide

To clear moss from garden tiles, scrub, rinse, treat, and prevent with sun, drainage, and sealing.

To clear moss from garden ornaments, scrub, rinse, use material-safe cleaners, then dry and block regrowth with light, airflow, and sealers.

To clear mold on garden cushions, brush off spores, wash with soapy water, treat stains with diluted bleach or white vinegar, and dry in sun.

Use sanitation, exclusion, and trapping to clear mice from a garden and stop them returning.

To remove metal garden edging, free the stakes, undo the joints, pry sections up, then backfill and recycle the steel.

To remove garden leeches, dry damp spots, use baited traps, clean pond muck, and block access with clothing and simple barriers.

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.