"'Mike'" wrote in message
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"mattyh" wrote in message
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So I'm best off getting rid and buying some proper topsoil?

Can't I kill it off with some weedkiller?


If you have room to turn it upside and stack it, like building a wall
somewhere, it breaks down on its own to a super fine tilth you can put
back
onto the flower/veg beds. It will 'sprout' on the outside and all you need
to do is chop those growing bits off with a spade and turn them upside
down
on the top.

cover it with old sacking, carpet or whatever to kill off any side growth.
Let it sit as described by others and wait. Closer to the time you want to
start using it take a spade to it and chop it in to smaller pieces.
Depending what you want to plant in to it after several months it will make
decent planting material and get better with age. The only thing you may not
be able to use it for is direct seeding, small plants will be fine. If you
mulch over the top this will kill off any not fully dead grass.

rob