My mother put up thistle feeders in her garden outside the kitchen window, now thistles have taken over the whole garden and she has asked me to take care of the problem while she is gone for the summer. She suggested taking out any of the small perenials and then using weed killer. There are so many thistles I think this would kill off all the large bushes and make the ground unfit for any plants at all for quite a while. The thistle is starting to flower, and I need a good solution quickly. Any suggestions?

Longy's idea will work or you can go the spray way, and use Weed b Gone, it will take them right out.

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Mike Maier
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The Plant Doc