"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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20 years ago, I worked for two weeks removing grass from a new
garden using
a fork and a number of custom-made implements of sifting and
destruction. I
just had a 30x30 area tilled, and this time, I'm ready to try
another way of
killing the grass that's mixed into the soil. The guy who
tilled it did a
great job. He ran the tiller in various orientations until the
sod was very
nicely chopped up. But, you KNOW some of it'll be back in April
when I want
to plant lettuce.

So: I've seen a number of people mention spreading newspaper.
Sheets of
plastic are easy, but the newspaper idea is fascinating. But,
how's it kept
in place? Just toss soil on top of it? We're talking a lot of
newspaper
here - I'd need lots of bricks. :-) I realize this is an
unbelievably
simplistic question, but I have limited time this weekend. No
time for
experiments, and I'd rather not use plastic if I don't have to.

One alternative is to re-till it every few weeks untill seed
sprouting slows.

It would have been much easier to use a sod cutter and remove the
sod and accompanying seeds before tilling.

Bob