Okay, I can see it now -- but I didn't get there directly, so I'll point out what I did that eventually let me see the photo. This has happened to me before. Google/Picasa asks me to sign up for an account; I tell them no. I don't remember exactly where that takes me, but Google wants me to log in to my gmail account. At that point, I right-click on the Back button to open the drop-down menu of previous pages, and left-click on this thread to return here. Then I click on lukener's Picasa link again and there's the photo of the hill! === Well, of all the things I thought I might see in that photo, I definitely wasn't expecting that wall! What's growing down it? How much water comes out of the weep holes (the round pipes in the wall) in a good rain? Is the area nice and damp after a rain, or does the water run off? What's the soil like? Is that a small concrete path (or perhaps a bit of old foundation) between the grass and the weedy area? [Yes, I know this is probably more work than you're interested in, but ... particularly if the soil's thin, stony, or otherwise not good, I'd be tempted to add something -- edging or a few inches of recycled concrete slabs, extra cinder blocks, or chunks of rock -- along the concrete to make the area into a raised bed. It wouldn't be a very deep raised bed: just level with the base of the existing Big Gray Wall. Fill up the bed with whatever you can find: leaves, grass clippings, dirt if you have any extra, cardboard -- anything you'd put in a compost pile (including kitchen waste). Add earthworms occasionally when you come across them in other parts of the garden.] Something to add about free wood chips: even if a tree service won't give them to you for free (they're delivering them to you, after all) the price may still be a bargain. If you're not in a hurry, they might be willing to drop some off for a lower price the next time they're in your neighborhood. Also, you could ask your county's Cooperative Extension office for garden club sale info, or sources of free or low-cost mulch or even manure. http://extension.osu.edu/locate-an-office

Not that I'm aware of... a broadleaf herbicide or non-selective, like Roundup, would be indicated. But,even with the 'low-volatility' 2,4-D products, you might get some damage due to off-gassing. Roundup in a hand-spray bottle - with good control, and no wind - would be my choice, if I weren't willing to pull those little babies by hand.

Hello, thanks for your response. I think you are right. I googled some images of moss varieties and it lolls like it could be stonecrop sedum acre. I bought the house last summer and did not fertilize until early May with weed and feed. A couple of weeks later I dumped some Weed B Gone on it. It didn't look like it did much to be honest. So I started pulling it up. My guess is that the previous owners had this down at some point,, then put some grass down later. It is under a big tree so there is some shade. I have not watered but it is something to think about going forward. Michigan was very rainy last year so I never bothered. So assuming this is stonecrop, is there anything I should do to ensure this goes away and stays gone?

It's growing in clusters around the garden. Just wanted to know what it is. Has small yellow flower.