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Hope someone can help me. I moved into a new house last fall and planted a lawn, which did spectacularly over our rainy winter. There is one area where I had originally planned at some point to remove some of the grass and put in a small flower/shrub garden with a bird bath, bench, etc. at some time in the future, after doing other parts of the yard that are more visible. Well, the grass in that area is very patchy, and so I've decided rather than rough up the soil and overseed, that maybe I should just tackle the area now and remove the grass, instead of putting it off.
What would be the easiest way for me to rip out about 20 square yards of lawn? It was from seed, not sod, so there's no netting under it. Is there any kind of tool that would "slice" it out? I don't want to buy anything super-expensive as I won't be using it again. Any ideas?
I was in a similar situation. I used a spade to turn it over and remove grass then a small 2hp tiller to till in some fresh topsoil. Worked out well so far.
Spray the area with Roundup. Whatever it touches will die within 24 hours or so and not come back for a year. It will kill your grass to the roots so just rake away the brown grass on top or use it for mulch.
Spray the area with Roundup. Whatever it touches will die within 24 hours or so and not come back for a year. It will kill your grass to the roots so just rake away the brown grass on top or use it for mulch.
But will this then render this patch of soil non usable for future plantings?
If there is no hurry, then I would put down some black plastic held down with stakes and then covered with mulch. Should be totally clear after a few months.
I ended up scalping mine with a brush cutter attachment on the weed eater. It is a triple spoke steel blade and it cleared out my bed areas in just a few minutes. I planted what I planted, laid down some weed mat, and covered with several inches of mulch. My grass type is fescue, so not very regenerative like bermuda/zoysia etc. This allowed me to keep the good top soil relatively undisturbed. I was going to rent a sod cutter until I tried that on a whim.
Spray it and let it die. Then water it a couple of days. let it set for a week and see if anything comes up green. Then spray any green shoots again.
I have used this method on tens of thousands of square feet over the last ten year with very little grow back. Obviously I use heavy equipment to remove that much. For 20sq feet a grub hoe and about one hour should do the trick.
Here is a little tip. Use a straight shovel to cut a 6-10inch line around the area to be cut. Cut into sections or squares. then with the flat end of the grub hoe start on one edge and under cut the grass a few inches. Peeling back the grass like an orange peel. Cut, peel, cut, peel, cut, peel.......
I was in a similar situation. I used a spade to turn it over and remove grass then a small 2hp tiller to till in some fresh topsoil. Worked out well so far.
That is what we just did at our new hom last summer. So far, it's all good.
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