Bind weed...GRRRRR!

[gardengalrn]

It is my firm belief that the cockroach would not be the only living thing left after a nuclear attack. It would find a home in the darned bindweed. I've studied on this so I know how it procreates...did you know the seed can last 50+ years in the soil??? I pretty much had to till my garden this spring, it being a new garden and all. All the pieces you chop spring forth a whole new plant. So I have unbelievable amount of this noxious weed. I need to get out there again tomorrow and pull what I can so it doesn't choke out everything it comes into contact with. Between my rows are just a lush green carpet of the stuff. Has anyone had a really bad problem with it and how did you fix it? I don't think it can be cured but I won't have anything else do well in the garden if I can't get a handle on it. I know last year I picked a bunch out of a flower bed, poured chemicals and topped with black plastic for the entire summer. It cut it back some but I'm still picking it out of that bed. This doesn't seem plausible for the garden nor would I want all the chemicals in there. I'm just venting, I guess.