Peter Dowdall: Let's get down and dirty and hand-weed gardens 

Because good old-fashioned weeding by hand is more environmentally friendly than any weedkiller we can make or buy

Time to don the garden gloves. File pictures

Spring has sprung bringing promise — but also the dreaded weeds.

Traditionally many people used weedkillers to kill weeds in the garden and glyphosate is the active ingredient in the vast majority of weedkillers available for domestic use. But many studies have shown a possible link with cancer and several countries have banned the sale and use of weedkillers containing glyphosate.