Garden looks like a lawn :(

[Handsomeryan]

If it is not too windy and you are careful you can spray glyphosate in between rows to kill the grass root and all. Just don't get too close to the green stems or leaves of the plants you want to keep.

Be sure and use very low pressure in the sprayer and adjust the nozzle for the largest droplets you can to avoid the chemical from blowing or splashing onto your garden plants.

[gardenvt]

There was a time when DH and I worked hard to get grass to grow - now we are working hard to get rid of it. The best method we have found is newspapers covered with mulch.

[pickupguy07]

Yeah.. I am in the same boat. I am going to widen my garden by about 5 feet, and lengthen it by ten feet for next year...
About to put down newspapers, wet it, and then cover it with mulch or plastic to kill the grass.
Seems like the easiest and best way.

[Bobberman]

What you want as a dirt mulch is dirt without weeds in it! everyone over looks the fact thet most dirt a foot down has very few weeds.! Just dig a hole by first taking off about 9 inches f urface dirt in lets say a 9 by 9 foot area and dig another foot of soil out of the area and use it between and around your plants. The hole you dig ill it up with all types of compost material and use it for a compost pit! You can even start the new compost pit by using the 9b nine area to brn old limbs and brush then cover it with mulch for the compost! Or even use the pit for all the dead produce coming out of your garden!

[Handsomeryan]

Just dig a hole by first taking off about 9 inches f urface dirt in lets say a 9 by 9 foot area and dig another foot of soil out of the area and use it between and around your plants.

Where do you live that there is +18" of topsoil?! I'm moving there!

[Bobberman]

The soil at that depth will grow plants but the main thing is it has few weeds! You can mulch I later you will only be using 3 inches cover!

[malkore]

google 'solarizing soil'. you can kill off the grass, weeds, and diseases in a bed or pathway doing it like this, then newspaper and mulch over the top to keep new stuff from taking hold in the clean soil

[garden5]

google 'solarizing soil'. you can kill off the grass, weeds, and diseases in a bed or pathway doing it like this, then newspaper and mulch over the top to keep new stuff from taking hold in the clean soil

The downside to this method is that you kill off a lot of helpful microbes as well . However, if you're just using it as a much, that shouldn't matter too much .