Re: grass#*!?+*

As far as I know, not even a stone or brick edging will keep out Bermuda 
grass, that delightful/hateful southern grass that people have decided 
they can't conquer so they accept as their lawns.

Barbara
zone 7/8
southwest of Fort Worth



> 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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>  A. Einstein
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> Z6/5, NW NJ
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