nt moore wrote:
At an old house I would regularly make a new raised bed when I wanted
an additional garden. Procedure was simple:

(1) go to Home Depot (or similar) and buy 5-10 bags of composted manure
and treated 3x5 boards to make the edge of the bed.

(2) build the frame of the raised bed and then set down newspaper over
the inside bottom of the frame (covering the grass)

(3) cover the newspaper with the composted manure.

the grass will yellow and die within 2-3 weeks and by the following
spring (when you spade things over) the newspaper will have completely
disintegrated. The extra advantage of the paper is that it prevents
the grass from gowing up theough the 6" of manure.




It depends a lot on the grass. If it's bermudagrass, I recommend
spraying it with Roundup first, at the higher dosage listed on the
label. You will still end up pulling bermuda out of your garden for the
next 3 or 4 years (at least.) The only sure way of getting rid of
bermuda is to move.

If you have a cool-season northern grass, just covering it up will work.

Best regards,
Bob