On Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:28:02 -0700, "Zootal"
wrote:

I would welcome comments from some of you more experirenced gardners. My
garden consists of about a dozen beds of various sizes (15x5 being common)
with grass walkways in between. The walkways are wide enough to run a lawn
mower through them. I've considered killing the grass. I have an old
swimming pool liner that I am thinking of cutting up into strips and laying
it on the walkways for a while, so I can kill the grass without resorting to
chemicals.

Any thoughts of having grass near and through a garden? Is it likely to
house and breed flea beetles and other insects, and would you recommend
getting rid of it? Or would you consider it to be harmless and possible
aesthetically pleasing (it does look nice in the summer to have nice green
pathways through the garden)



I have fescue lawn grass growing all around most gardens. No doubt,
grass controls erosion and weeds. Right now, I am seeing a lot of
bluebirds in my backyard, with the main focus of hunting for insects
in the lawn. Grass will provide a place for flea beetles and well as
beneficial spiders. My second choice would be to replace the grass
with a mulch, very last choice is bare dirt. Grass is pleasing, but
not all agree.