Stinging nettle can be difficult to remove from the garden. If you have a stinging nettle plant or patch you need to get rid of, first, moisten the soil around it to make it easier to slide out the roots. Dig around the plant’s base to loosen the roots, and then grasp the plant at its base to slide it out of the ground with the roots as intact as possible. Finally, dig into the soil to remove any remaining pieces of root, as these have the potential to sprout new plants. It’s helpful to have a tarp nearby that you can put your plant clippings on, so they don’t get lost in your soil or grass. Either compost them or seal them in a yard waste bag. Furthermore, to make sure new shoots don’t spring up, you can cover the site with a tarp or piece of cardboard for at least one full growing season. This will smother any new plants that try to grow.