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Square Foot Gardening

Grass inside edge of garden

15 years ago

I had converted my tradition garden to a square foot/lasagna garden several years ago. I love the results. However I have wanted to either convert to raised beds (it is already somewhat built up from being a lasagna bed), or atleast build up one side that had a wood edge to our play area (picture from last year at link). I am planning on doing this now. However we have A LOT of grass growing along that edge of garden each year and it is starting to take over the whole area. How do I get rid of this grass? I have tried to pull it out but it is impossible. Do I dig out a bunch of the dirt and lay lots of newspaper down? I am worried about getting all the way to the edge. Any ideas

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ribbit32004
15 years ago
I know you just said it didn't work for you, but I waited for the absolutely soaking rains to hit and then just pulled the grass out taking as much of the soil with me as I could. After a few of these rains, I've managed to get a good little buffer. It's something I'll have to keep up, however as the rest of the grass reseeds itself.
craziekaren
15 years ago
Grass also spreads by underground runners. Probably your best bet would be to put in some of that underground edging. It's in all the stores.

Karen
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