The Bane of My Existence

As any gardner will tell you, getting stuff to grow is a great pleasure and is relaxing to look at after all of the hard work is done. However, I bring you the south side of my house where all I can get to grow there is WEEDS! D & I have tried several things such as ground cover, grass, and various shrubs, etc. to no avail. The !#$% weeds keep coming back.

So, now I'm launching yet another attempt to keep the weeds away. First I tried digging them out. This is how far I got:
Not very. You will not see the angry mob of ants that I unearthed which began crawling into my shoes and biting me. I also evicted about a half dozen spiders, one as creepy looking as the next. This is where I change strategy.

Now it's time to get out the big guns. Roundup. Yep, I sprayed Roundup on the whole dang thing. By this time tomorrow everything will be dead and I'll just cart it away and start anew. Love the Roundup!