Stephanie,
Thank you for your compliment.
Because of the tenacity in which the gobo clings to the soil, one may have to use a a deep digging hand tool like a post hole digger (
http://www.homestore.com/HomeGarden/...T27438509.html ) , long-tined fork (
http://www.rittenhouse.ca/asp/Product.asp?PG=1658 ) or narrow spade (
http://www.smithandhawken.com/jhtml/...PARENTCATID=16 ) to loosen the soil around the root (
http://www.healmarketplace.com/herbs...bs/burdock.htm ).
Just be thankful that you are not trying to dig up kudzu roots (
http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/fact/pulo1.htm ), Ed!
Thanks, again!
Bruce Paine