stopping weed come back after slingle digging plot

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I have covered any area that I am not using with carpet etc.

But as soon as it is uncovered and dug up the weeds start.

My only suggestion is to keep weeding, not allowing them to get too big.  That is how I have done it this year.

And any area that I started on last year has certainly been easier to maintain this year as I got rid of the bulk of the weeds then.  I have just had the annuals to fight mostly this year.

Weeds are an inevitability so you have to get used to systematic weeding.  Certainly use sheet mulch to keep uncultivated areas free of weeds til you get round to planting them as it certainly works.

If you think about it, your plot soil is living and weeds are just proof of that. If nothing grew in it you'd be more worried

Thank you very much everyone for your informative replies.
Will just keep weeding, around the stuff I plant.
I have plenty of black weed control material type stuff on a roll, which is a material, rather than plastic, that still lets the soil breathe, and lets water in.
So guess that's the way forward.
Thanks again everyone.

If you have plenty of weed suppressing fabric then plant through that will help control the weeds.  (i.e. don't just use it to cover uncultivated ground).

However, I echo the advice of others ... spending more time getting rid of every last weed root pays huge dividends.

Going forwards don't let weeds set seed - as the saying goes "One year's seed = 7 year's weed" as plenty of the weed seed will remain, un-germinated, in the soil for up to 7 years.

Make sure any weed that does come up is removed within 7 days - this is the "never let it see a Sunday" approach. Doing this weakens the weed, so if it is a pernicious weed it will, over time, become weakened until it dies.  Weeds have amazing tenacity, and if left a few weeks will have managed to store enough energy to come back with renewed vigour

To put it into perspective: I am not good at growing "by the book", I often don't have time when time is needed.  My veg patch grows very few weeds. They are easily managed. But I did have a very strict regime for the first few years, and that now pays dividends.