How to stop the grass from taking it to your garden – without damaging the nearby plants

There are many reasons that the owners of the house want less lawn, but a major obstacle often stands in their way: thought of digging all that grass. If there was only one way to kill grass and avoid all that excavation!

Then you will never need to cut grass again there, and you can use space instead of anything from a beautiful flower garden to a deck to relax. Well, in fact, there are many ways to extract grass without digging all this.

We will find them in this article, with tips on which methods can be the best depending on your special needs.

Why do you want to kill grass instead of cutting grass

Firing up Lawn mower It is not the best way to spend Sunday morning. And there are many ways from which you can use that place more productively if there was no grass.

Many people enjoy more Perennial flower bed Or they exit the lawn than the vegetable garden. Not a green thumb? then maybe Establish a brick courtyard Where you can relax, it will be a better option for you.

If you keep a dog in space, it may be urine Grass brown patchesAvoid the problem by changing the grass with a gravel bed.

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The fastest way to kill the grass (and stop it from coming back)

There are five fast ways to remove or kill grass without excavation. In each case, make things easier for yourself Grass cut grass Less before. Then you can apply a herbicide, HurdleDo solar, or run a sod cutter or rototler on it.

• Apply a non-selective herbicide: Buy a product that will kill AnythingSuch as a broad-spectrum roundup spray, because you not only want to kill the grass, but also a broad-level mourning. If you are removing only one part of the lawn, mark the area with strings and string. Spray one day without air, because you do not want herbicide landing on any plant that you want to keep. In addition, choose a time when no rain is forecast, so that the herbside is not washed.
• Hurdle: Here the idea is to deprive the grass of sun, water and nutrients until it dies. For an in-round garden, use the newspaper: it will break over time and join the soil. For a raised bed, use landscape fabric. For non-protecting projects, use black plastic or a tarp. Despite the smoothing agent you have chosen, spread wet grass over it to place it in place and/or to improve the appearance of the area.
• Solarize the grass: Solarization depends on the heat of the sun to “cook” a patch of grass that is covered by clear plastic. For this reason, it is not optimal for areas that do not get too much sun. Complete this project in summer. After watering the area, apply two layers of thick, clean plastic. Hold the edges with some heavy (brick, landscape timbers, etc.) to trap inside excess heat.
• Use a motorized sod cutter: This machine consists of blades that cut horizontally through the earth, remove the grass, its roots and soil layer in which the roots are increasing. You can hire one from a home correction store. Removed SODs can be used elsewhere in the yard or in compost.
• Use a rototiller: With sod cutter, home improvement stores rent these machines. Instead of removing the turf in slices too, a rototiller will cut everything in its way (grass and its roots), spreading it throughout the soil. You will loose the soil during rotating, which has a benefit in compact soil areas.

What to do with soil after killing grass

If you put an in-round garden, there are one or two things to keep in mind after the death of the grass, but before you plant anything there:

• Amend the soil: You will not have better access to more soil than now, because you have a clean slate to work (no plant on the way). Take advantage of the soil by working in the soil. Compost not only provides nutrients, but also improves drainage.
• Consult herbicide label to learn re-entry gaps: If you have killed the grass with a herbside, you cannot do anything in the area (either soil or planting amendment) until “re-entry interval”. This interval reflects the time when the herbicide is active in the soil.