I got a weed flame gun for my birthday last year (I did request it!) but I've been quite disappointed with it. Also, what I really want is something which will stop the weeds from materialising for a while. This is all in preparation for having our wedding reception in our garden in August - aswell as the veg, I'm sowing various flower seeds and buying plants etc. to make the garden look suitably attired for a marquee wedding reception. I tell you, it's hard work!!

I have also been out today and bought (ok so I probably could've made one or used a screwdriver or whatever) a weeding tool for between slabs etc. I've given it a bit of a go for half an hour this afternoon, and it seems mostly to do the trick. But if I could then water the area with something to prevent the weeds for a few months, I could clear it and weedkill it a couple of months ahead of the wedding and use my time to do one of another couple of hundred jobs!! (Don't know if you can tell by my 'tone of voice' but I'm getting slightly twitchy about the whole thing now!)