In article m, SteveM
writes
Hi all,

thanks for the continued replies.

Assuming that I have just 'grass' with no pernicious weeds is it ok
just to dig
the whole lot over to create beds and then weed regularly
as I go without
lifting the turf.

You won't find it as easy as it sounds as you always end up with bits of
grass poking up from the edges and they always GROW (
I would use the doubleDigAndPutSodUpsideDownInBottomOfHole approach.
--
Jane Ransom in Lancaster.
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In article m, SteveM
writes
Hi all,

thanks for the continued replies.

Assuming that I have just 'grass' with no pernicious weeds is it ok
just to dig the whole lot over to create beds and then weed regularly
as I go without lifting the turf.

In fact the other weeds will be less of a problem than the grasses. Keep
the hoe moving and don't let unwanted plants develop to any size,
especially don't let them seed. The job will become easier each year,
but there will always be some self invited greenery on your patch.
--
Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs.