RE: RE: Theresa, found the perfect thing for you.....

Bonnie - building a lasagna bed will take care of that bloody awful Bermuda.  I tolerate it only because Sugar likes to eat it.  Layer wet newspapers, leaves, garden trimmings, vegative kitchen scraps, more papers, coffee grounds, straw - anything you got.  You can plant it immediately or let it "cure" until Spring.  All those layers will smother the Bermuda.

Good luck!!

Pam


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Kitty Morrissy" <kmrsy@earthlink.net>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Sat, 28 Dec 2002 10:24:24 -0500

>bonnie-
>for your bermuda grass, i'd suggest glyphosate first. then pile on the
>leaves, newspapers, whatever.  dead grass turned under is humus. precious
>stuff and free.  digging sod is back-breaking, wasteful, and expensive
>(cost of new fill)
>kitty
>
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: Bonnie M. Holmes <holmesbm@usit.net>
>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>> Date: 12/28/2002 9:06:58 AM
>> Subject: RE: [CHAT] RE: Theresa, found the perfect thing for you.....
>>
>> Oh, how I envy you...I have wild Bermuda grass which does not die 
>> easily...if it is simply turned over, it will continue to take root...I 
>> usually have to pull out every single bit of it...I have tried to pile
>high 
>> and sometimes the lowest level dies out but the top always has
>Bermuda...I 
>> have even put it in black garbage bags...only in the hottest weather does 
>> it die...and usually takes months.  I have used other garden refuse to 
>> create small berms and love them.  Even a very slight elevation creates 
>> interest, makes the area look larger and can create a small eco system.
>>
>> Bonnie Zone 6+ ETN
>>
>> At 07:55 AM 12/28/02 -0600, you wrote:
>> >Or lay a thick layer of newspaper ( no color pages) and add on top with
>> >good soil in fall.... turn over in spring... no more grass. Have also
>> >used a piece of plywood for six months. Kills everything under it.
>> >Alternate ideas for those of us will limited leaves.. (read none here to
>> >speak of yet!)
>> >
>> >Donna
>> >
>> > > No, no.
>> > > I outline a new bed, then shred leaves and pile them about a foot high
>> >on
>> > > top of the grass.  Over the winter this kills the grass and the leaves
>> > > decompose down to only a few inches over the dead grass.  In late
>> >spring I
>> > > just turn everything over so that the leaf mold and dead grass get
>> >mixed
>> > > into the soil providing humus, thus improving the clay soil.  This way
>> >I
>> > > use the leaves, there's no sod to remove(meaning less back-braking
>> >labor),
>> > > and the bed is greatly improved.
>> > >
>> > > Kitty
>> >
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