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Does anyone know of a landscaping service in Raleigh who will kill all the grass on a lawn without using roundup or other harsh chemicals? Perhaps using a solarization method or paper sheeting with layers of mulch?
I'm interested in killing my lawn and replacing with microclover but want to use environmentally friendly methods.
Renorei, what kind of grass do you have now? Something like Bermuda is notoriously hard to get rid of, but other grasses are much easier. You can just dig up the sod with some varieties. Companies sell that stuff. I'd try the lasagna gardening method with the paper, topsoil & compost over it, and seed whatever you want directly into that.
Roundup is pretty horrible. I won't go near the stuff, but I'm the opposite of the person who has to have the 'perfect' lawn. I do live in Chapel Hill, after all, where front yard veggie gardens are common.
Well you may laugh but if you ever studied herbicides and herbicide usage you would understand that round-up replaced some rather mean chemicals and agriculture methods that were rough on the environment. Meanwhile our food supply has increase dramatically to meet global needs. You need to do a risk-benefit analysis on something a little larger than a tiny garden plot or front yard.
And it is not the main ingredient that is in question it is one of the detergents used to help the main ingredient spread onto the leaves. That can and will and has been changed once it was found to be a potential problem.
Well, if you weren't planning on eating your grass right after Round Up was applied, I'm sure you'll be fine as that's the only thing I've seen mentioned as possible issue, where it was sprayed on fields too soon prior to harvest. Or as the Guardian article mentioned issues with stem cells and embryonic cells, I guess don't put it on pregnant women or have them drink it?
But if you want to kill your lawn without herbicides, a $15 box of black plastic or two from the home improvement store should do the trick. Just spread the plastic out on your laws for a few days and with this heat and with no light getting to the grass it will do the trick. You will probably need some sod staples also or lots of weights to hold it down, but it will surely be dead after a week.
Well, if you weren't planning on eating your grass right after Round Up was applied, I'm sure you'll be fine as that's the only thing I've seen mentioned as possible issue, where it was sprayed on fields too soon prior to harvest. Or as the Guardian article mentioned issues with stem cells and embryonic cells, I guess don't put it on pregnant women or have them drink it?
But if you want to kill your lawn without herbicides, a $15 box of black plastic or two from the home improvement store should do the trick. Just spread the plastic out on your laws for a few days and with this heat and with no light getting to the grass it will do the trick. You will probably need some sod staples also or lots of weights to hold it down, but it will surely be dead after a week.
No light will kill the grass quickly. I moved my garbage cans to a spot on the side of the house and within a week the grass was pretty much done.
Give me a few dollars and I'll set your lawn on fire.
** DPK's "set yo lawn on fire yo" service is not guaranteed to actually remove your lawn and may result in significant damage to your and your neighbors property. It does come with a complimentary smore kit though, so there is that.
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