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Does anyone know how to get rid of these weeds in my backyard?

They’re big, stalky plants which grow large flat round leaves and get as big as 7′ tall. I’ve looked for them in online weed encyclopedias and can’t figure out what they are.

I’ve de-weeded my entire garden, pulling up as much of the roots as possible, and also digging up the dirt and sifting it through a screen, but they seem to have these insanely massive root systems from which several plants grow, and which break off easily (so the roots remain intact underground).

I’ve taken to digging up and sifting dirt through a screen to remove all the bits of root, but they just keep coming back and it’s driving me nuts.

All I want to do is plant a garden so I can have a nice back yard but this is seriously getting in the way of things.

Any suggestions?

I’ll take a snapshot and post a photo if it helps.