Gardening guru Alan Titchmarsh reveals top way to get rid of weeds – and it requires minimum effort

GARDENING expert Alan Titchmarsh has revealed how to keep your garden free of weeds - and it’s really easy.

The horticulturist, in a video for BBC Gardening World, demonstrated how to weed between borders to keep them tidy. 

He used just a hand trowel to tackle the different types of weeds including perennials and annuals including thistles and speedwell.

The expert said spring is the best time to start weeding - so head out to your garden now. 

In the video he said: “At the end of a long winter – and to be absolutely honest, I’ve never known a short one – the earth between the plants in your beds and borders is hard and compacted. 

“It’s been undisturbed and it’s given all the weeds a chance to gain a foothold.

“And it’s right now with spring waking up, that you need to get down and in there to get those weeds out and stop them competing with your cultivated plants.”

Weeds are a huge problem in gardens as they are in competition with other plants you actually want to grow, fighting for space, light and nutrients.

And the bad news? They usually win because they have such strong roots. 

But with Alan’s advice we reckon (if you get troweling now) you’re in with a great chance of giving the plants you want to flourish a head start.