Can anyone identify this weed and tell me how to kill it!

[SheilaWilde]

My garden is literally covered in this weed. Every year I (mostly) get rid of them and then by spring (because I'm neglectful and rubbish at gardening) they come back x 4! The roots are massive. Other than covering my garden in cardboard is there anything I can do?

I have one of those - excellent for reducing our vast numbers of Spanish bluebells. They breed like mad.

And @Totalwasteofpaper Try this perhaps, I spilled some on bindweed, ground elder, brambles and nettles, and they're all gone.

This product is not actually harmful to wildlife and pets and breaks down harmlessly into the soil. Naturally it's still a chemical and should be used sensibly but it's not like glyphosate. Commonly used in this country as a compost accelerant.

And we wonder why the UK is suffering a collapse in the insect population.
Green alkanet is hugely popular with bees and insects.
please don’t use carcinogenic sprays.

If OP hasn’t sorted her problem in the two years since she posted, she must be getting desperate

Believe it or not, that is based in truth. Dandelions contain diuretic properties.

I love the fact that @DogInATent said exactly the same thing 2 years ago. Just like a dog: keen, desperate to join in. And then a cat saunters in 2 years late to the party.

Get out of bed the wrong side this morning, did you?

No, quite the opposite. I was amused!

Oh yeah, I get it now. Soz. 😂

You can eat the new shoots - if you keep harvesting them when they pop up and throw them into any meal you're having, the plant might weaken! Or you just keep getting free food.