Re: grass#*!?+*

After many trials and tribulations, I've discovered that best is 
a good, deep edging.  That is, take an edging tool and dig a 
clean sharp vertical cut a good 10" from the border.  Then at 
the border, cut an angled slice to meet the bottom of the 
vertical cut.  Like this:

  border_   _grass
             \ |   

except that they meet, which I couldn't do with ascii art.  In 
the spring, pull or Preen the grasses already in the bed.  
Neaten & sharpen up the edging in spring and mid-summer.
As long as you mow before any seedheads are formed, grass should 
not be able to enter the beds.

Jaime

> Newspaper and mulching is a great protective, but I find that when you are
> cutting the grass blow that cut stuff AWAY from the beds!  My son just hates
> it when I direct his cutting, of a chore he hates in the first place!  
> It does decrease the amount that sprouts up, and some hand weeding is
> necessary, but this has minimized my weeding my beds of that ugly grass#*!?+*
> !!!!
> Wanda
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jknoble@warwick.net
Z6/5, NW NJ

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