[JRinPA]

It's an organic type comm garden so that's one thing that makes it so hard. No sprays or poisons allowed. That, and usually there is a plot each year that is claimed but then halfway abandoned and goes halfway to seed. Plus a hayfield adjacent that will have thistle on the edges that would blow in seed.



I can't say how much of a problem the thistle really is. For my gardening style it is a non issue, using black mulch and compost topped raised rows.