Bed preparation

Hello all,
     We have enjoyed many days of coolness and rain, so naturally my mind has
been working overtime thinking about and planning an enlarged perennial bed.
What I would like to know from you--do you always kill the grass first before
tilling the soil?  What is the general thinking about this?  Any good websites
you know of?  I am adverse to using chemicals, but husband thinks we should
kill grass first with Round-Up.  Marge, I am printing out your articles on
Planting Basics now...have not read them yet.  I was fortunate enough to
entice the Head Gardener of Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden, Douglas Ruhren, to
let me buy his dinner if he would give me advice for my garden.  So, for 2 1/2
hrs. he and I discussed and came up with a rough plan to improve and enlarge
what I already have.  Hubby and I went out and marked it off with neon orange
paint this afternoon.  I will be using alot more shade plants than I have in
the past and am excited about the posssiblity of growing plants that are new
to me.  So, please give me some advice about the Round-Up.   Thanks in
advance.
Lynn Lamb
NC Zone 7b

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