Here’s the weeder I mentioned in an earlier post. It’s a Corona eGrip Plastic Handle Tool/Weeder: http://www.lowes.com/pd_301614-63731-CT+3250D_0__?productId=3031676&Ntt=weeder&pl=1¤tURL=/pl__0__s%3FNtt%3Dweeder

You can press the tip into the ground under the center of the weed and pop it out without destroying everything around it. I have pulled up buckets full of weeds and it’s GREAT. The serrated edge is especially good for “cheese weed” AKA malva parviflora. It’s a bear to pull out. Cutting it out seems to work well.