Need help removing grass from landscape bed
Ryan M
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need landscape help around my pool- too many purple grasses!
Comments (3)Throughout the backyard, I have several citrus trees, rosemary, and lavender in the open. I've hidden strawberries and tomatoes in the back where they can't be seen easily, as well as beans and edamame. (The beans were in too much shade- not very good last year.) My 3 year old got excited and planted some pumpkins last year in the same big bed behind the pool- I was cutting that stupid vine back almost every day as it spilled into the pool! Needless to say, no pumpkins this year ;) This summer, my garden helpers are a 4 year old, a 16 month old, and a growing belly- I'm due w/ #3 in mid-September. I don't know how adventurous my gardening will be- if it can't survive on it's own, it's going to be out of luck- the ultimate in organic gardening, I guess......See MoreNeed Help!! - Landscape Fabric Removal
Comments (7)The first question is...what roots are under the landscape fabric? They could be roots from a nearby tree, in which case I'd leave them alone as much as you can. Do you know what kind of grass you have? Spreading grasses (Bermuda and others down south, Kentucky bluegrass up north) will cover an area over time, but... This is practically the worst time of the year to seed a northern lawn. Seed now only has six weeks to prepare for summer, or not enough to grow roots to withstand the heat. Sod would be a better idea. This is around the correct time to plant southern lawns (for more northern areas of the southern band, we're getting close but not there just yet). So your locale and grass type is important to know....See Morelandscape HELP kill grass with tarp or remove it with a edging shovel?
Comments (9)One of the worst mistakes I made when I first started gardening was to put down landscaping fabric in the front of our flower beds, and my husband put down some sort of tarp around the blueberry bushes in the back. BIG MISTAKE. It will look great at first as, of course, you will see no weeds. After a while though, the weeds will just grow right over the landscape fabric and tarp. Now, you will have to destroy not only the weeds, but the landscape fabric/tarp too. It makes planting and digging a pain later. I am slowly but surely eliminating the landscape fabric every time I plant something else. The tarp just got pulled up. It's better to place something down that will disintegrate into the soil overtime. Cardboard or Newspaper works great. Just water the Newspaper or cardboard, place it where you want it, and proceed. You won't have a headache a year later than if you put landscape fabric or plastic down....See Moreplease help ! we removed a tree and I need landscaping ideas !!!
Comments (4)Almost assuredly, your steps could stand to be widened to the full opening between the center posts, and a spacious landing built at their base. We can't see it because of the distance of the camera, but likely, the walk also needs widened and could stand to be pulled farther away from the porch, so that the beds are actually big enough to hold shrubs and annuals. Rather than being at the center of the house, a new tree would do more for the house if it were off to the left, toward the lot line....See Moreemmarene9
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