I did it!  I finished pulling the garden out!  (It helps that it was 60 degrees Sunday morning, and I soaked the ground - much easier!)  I still have weed roots - the adage "a stich in time saves nine" really is true for gardening - if only I'd pulled the weeds out when they came up.....next year I'll have to focus on that, and put in mulch, etc. to keep the weeds down.  I also need to add more soil to my beds, which will help, so that's a project added to the list.