Is there a DIY way to kill grass?
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Use a layer of cardboard under the mulch. You can cut holes, after it's wet, it's an easy process, for your plants. By this time next year the grass will be suffocated and the cardboard will have broken down.
Hoe off
weeds, cover with several layers of newspaper, then add mulch.
Yes I agree plenty of cardboard underneath.Back fill with leaf litter if u have a tree that loses leaves,a more cost effect way of mulching .
8 layers of newspaper or 1 layer of unfinished cardboard - meaning, it shouldn't have a shiny finish to it. Score the cardboard with a utility knife, wet it down, add a layer of garden soil, then mulch. The longer you let this sit the better. I usually do this in the fall or late winter if it was a mild one and by spring I have a new, healthy, grass-free bed which is easier to dig into and plant. You will get surface weeds from birds and wind dropping seeds but they will pull out very easily. The beds I've used the cardboard in had less weeds over the years than the one bed I used newspaper in. Good luck!