Dandelion roots & Rasberries

Spent a few hours weeding the rest of the raspberries this afternoon. Was amazed at how deep the dendelion tap roots were - because the raspberry canes are too close together to use a small garden fork, I had to use a hand fork which made it bloody difficult to get the longer tap roots out. I can only assume that these plants put these roots down late last summer - there is now way that these roots could have grown through the winter we've just had???

Finger tips are sore from lifting the claggy couch grass but at last finished weeding the raspberries.