Also, don't water any area unnecessarily . That wastes water and encourages weeds. Winter will kill a lot of weeds, but only temporarily. The perennial weeds will sprout new leaves. The seeds of annual weeds will germinate before anything YOU are growing.
Diligence is the key.
The REAL secret is to adopt a gardening style that disguises the weeds until you have time to deal with them. That leaves out the formal gardeners. Home page . . . . . Sherry's Greenhouse, all rights reserved.