On Jun 22, 6:59*pm, songbird wrote:
jackrmee wrote:

How come no-one is answering? I am in desperate need of some advice.
PLEEEEEEEEASE!!

* what is there to say, if it is a small
space, just keep spraying glyphosate on
anything green that comes up and eventually
you'll get it all dead. *space out your
sprayings by a few weeks and keep it
watered during the dry spells to keep
the weeds from going dormant.

* then reseed the surface (but disturb
the soil as little as possible) and keep
it watered as recommended by the seed
company.

* trim appropriately and keep it weeded.
some deep rooted plants may keep trying
to come up for several years. *spot treat
them or just keep cutting them off as
they grow eventually they give up.

* don't bother putting the border and
decorations in right away as it's pretty
likely the weeds will come up through it
anyways.

* songbird

For that size space and especially given that you're
moving into summer, I would definitely not be seeding.
If you want to establish turf now, buy sod or whatever
it is you folks in the UK call grass that you buy that
is already green and growing. The best time for
seeding is Fall, when you have declinint temps,
far less competition from weeds, less watering
reqt, etc. You can also do it in early Spring if you
have to, but now is the worst time.

As suggested, kill whatever is there with glyphosate,
(Roundup or equiv and NOT the extended length
product). I'd apply it at 5% which should kill
everything in one shot in about 10 days. Then you
can prep the soil and lay the sod. Testing the soil
for at least PH would be a good idea too.