Newbie here...

[NattyEm]

awe thanks guys, looks like we have grass grass rather than couch grass! Phew!

Think we're gonna slice it off, stack it up and grow squashes on the top under plastic :)

[NattyEm]

[ina]

Oh, many of you are troubled by ground elder, never heard a peep about it here tho'.

No, no roundup for me, biological remember. I dig it.

[Lady Cosmos]

Never had a problem with ground elder in the Neth, never seen it here even, but cough grass!!! Even after 20 years if I see some white stalks in the soil and I dig it out very rapidly. As soon a plot is empty for a short time it seems to land there and start growing. A good hoe during spring and summer keeps it under control. 

[ina]

They call it 'zevenblad' here, sure nobody around you have it Lady?

[Lady Cosmos]

Nee, zevenblaadje is gelukkig niet te zien hier.
In a lot of gardens horsetail, and couch grass but not  the zevenblad. I know what it is and I believe it is even worse to have that in your soil than couch.