Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Eliminating Grass In The Flowerbed, The Organic Way



    My flowerbed has grass in it,
 the ground is very hard and 
it would take a lot of time and
 energy to spade it out. 
I tried this with newspaper
 last year in another area, 
and it worked very well. 

Grass sods, newspaper and mulch,
 break down adding nutrients to your soil,



I made an edge with an edger first. 
"Edging A Flowerbed" click here to view.


The edging will prevent grass
from growing into the flowerbed.

Material Needed:
An Edger,
Natural Cedar Mulch and
Newspaper soaked in a bucket of water.    


 






After soaking newspaper in
 a bucket of water, a few minutes,
I placed it on the grass.
About 10 pages thick (Old News)

If you run out of Newspaper,
Cardboard will do.




I placed the natural cedar mulch
over the newspaper.
About 4 inches thick

I packed it down with my feet
Then I watered it to pack it more.



New plants can also be planted if you cut
a hole and remove the grass from the hole.
It will take several months, the grass sods, 
newspapers and mulch will eventually
all break down, adding nutrients to your soil. 
The worms will be happy......and you will be too....





Check out my blog on "Edging A Flowerbed" click here.

 I hope this is helpful, thanks for visiting

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