Derek Turner wrote in news:9l16tsF2daU1
@mid.individual.net:

Digging it over would be quite an undertaking; one for which I don't
really have the stamina for. I wondered if planting certain vegetable
next Spring, would make this job easier, by smothering the grass and
weeds, and perhaps improving teh soil.

I'd recommend Laminapolyethylenus negra.

Can you provide another name or a link to further info?