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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It might be worthwhile to pay someone to weed. You can save your plants and then supervise to make sure they’re digging out the roots. Once you have a clean slate, re-plant and mulch. You have to keep an eye on it and weed as needed, and re-mulch in the spring every year. [/quote]
[b]Who are you going to find that will be able to tell weeds from perennials?[/b]

As others have said, you need to get out there and weed. Water, give it a day so it’s not mud and then weed. Disturb the ground minimally (because your weeds probably went to seed last summer and every time you disturb the soil you create a chance for seed). Then plant more plants - throw in some quick growing annuals if you don’t want to commit to a few years of a plant, or get some native perennials in there. The pp who said you need more plants to crowd out the weeds is right.

And then MULCH. Thickly. Block the sun from those suckers. [/quote]

That's why I said to save the plants, and then supervise the weeding. OP can absolutely do it herself, if she just takes a small chunk at a time, and spends maybe 30 minutes on it a day.

If she doesn't want to bother with saving anything, she can just dump 6" of arborist mulch on it and call it a day. It will be ready for planting next year.
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I think OP should absolutely do it herself; pulling up and potting the plants (even tagging them doesn’t feel like it would be enough for some lawn care people to preserve them) seems like a heck ton of work. If she does it bit by bit and throw down a bag of mulch once she hits an area (layering with cardboard if she really wants to smother them), then she doesn’t have to go back in it.

But get some new plants in first! [/quote]

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