Since manuring, I have found a weird variety of grass growing all around the veg. It does not seem to look like couch grass, it has short roots but it is quite virulent. I have concluded that it is crab grass - its characteristic is that when you pull it, it snaps off at the base, like a crab's claw! I am finding it to be a real pain.
But is it really a problem? should I just clear around plants and hoe the reast? or will it cover the whole plot next year if I don't dig it all out now?
I am a little annoyed, as since I spread manure,a whole lot of weeds I never had before have appeared, mainly this stupid grass, loads of fat hen and something that looks like pineapple weed, (although I also got a load of Portulaca oleracea, or purslane, which is eaten in France as a salad! So I picked most of that and have been adding it to salads!).
