Well, you know what they say - one weed flowering means seven years of germination! Persistence and determination, I'm afraid.

Stick Willy (calium aparine) Just keep pulling it

Six more years Bamboo? No light at the end of the tunnel then...Let battle commence lol

They say you notice a lessening after 4 years - don't know how old you are, but 4 years to me would feel like about 18 months now I'm getting on...

The way I feel today 2 months! Which is a good thing in one way... ok Bamboo my cup is half full, lets be positive. I'm 50!

Keep heaving it out every time you see a piece Dido - I get this, as well, and it's gfradually decreasing. Horrible stuff - funnily enough, my labrador likes eating it! He won't do the weeding for me, unfortunately. :-((((

Oh isn't that strange my Jack Russel eats it too, but only when I pull it up
she's also partial to the zebra grass, I wonder what it is that they find they need in it...

No idea - Henry eats grass too - he isn't fussy about 'wild' grass or 'ornamental' grass, so some of my pretty grasses get chewed!!! LOL.

Welcome to GoY by the way. :-)

Thank you Spritzhenry, I did join June last year, I suddenly lost a much loved tree that Bamboo provided an explanation for.....I think most of last year was spent removing and replanting the site of that old tree, a time consuming project, that left little time for GoY but ejoying all of your company this year!

Also known as Cleavers and Goosegrass. Sorry but if it is in the neighbourhood, you got it for life. It is , after Cow parsley, the most frequent weed on our hedgerow. So every time a cat goes out through the hedge, it picks up a seed and back it comes into the garden. You want fun? Try persuading a recalcitrant cat to sit still while you pick of a few hundred Cleavers seeds. A recipe for pain!
At least you can be easy as far as the animals eating it, it is actually ediblel and was used at one time as a vegetable, in the same way as nettles.

You've have just inspired an idea owdboggy, if your cat collects the sticky buds, maybe I could just walk through the seeding weed with very long socks!!
Would save my back... lol

I thought it was stinking willie, ive got it too. bought it in the pound shop a couple of years ago I'll learn!!!! now its in my veg beds!! groan

Galium aparine also called sticky annie here too.
Keep at it, I have little of it now. secret is to get it out before it seeds every where. I get the kids to have a go as they like throwing it at every one.

Stinking willie is another plant Great. One of the ragworts or Senicio.

Sorry Dido - I passed my cursor over your name and saw 'June 1st' and not '2009'...maybe I can rephrase the welcome to 'Welcome back and Happy Anniversary'. lol.

Try getting the seeds out of your socks Dido. Actually one of the funniest things I have ever seen was our old cat, sitting in front of the fire removing the seeds from his coat. He sort of chewed them off, then spit (and I mean SPIT) the seeds out. We laughed until we realised the seeds were now stuck to the rug!.
Cannot find a reference to any plant called Stinking Annie, but Stinking Willie is Senecio jacobaea Tansy ragwort.

you are a wise old owl arent you Owlboggy thank god we've all got you x

it was sticky annie owdboggy not stinking :o))

lol