Do you have a tractor? If so, plow it over.
If not, spray the area with killer a month or two in advance of planting, till it too. If the ground is soft a hoe will turn it over, but is arduous.
What are the steps to reclaim this old garden? Pull the roots, till it ..?
State your goal anon.
>I want grass
till it about two inches, cover in triple mix and plant white dutch clover
>I want veggies and shit that feeds me
Look into no till permaculture strawbeds, literally newspaper and straw plus good organic soul to build huge heaps that will eventually sink down and leave you with healthy composting beds. If you want it to be pretty you'll need to invest in lumber and build some raised beds.
Depends on your timeframe, quick and dirty just rototill it and reseed but you'll get the weeds back. Slow and clean cover the area with cardboard or weed fabric for a few months to kill the growth, rake and reseed
I'd do this but get compost screened to 1/4" to fill the boxes and enough to cover the entire area you'd like to plant in-ground next year.
Get cardboard and cover all the area you want as a garden and spray water on the cardboard then cover with at least 3" of compost.
next season just till the area and you'll have solid growing soil and some raised garden beds so you can plan the frick out of some gardening
this man knows whats going on
gonna be real hard manual labor if you don't use sprays, which you don't want to because you will be killing all the good bugs and whatnot
if it is legal in your area, cut the grass, let it dry and light it. do it on a wind still day and leave a few meters barren as firebreak.
fire is an excellent weed remover, farmers used to do it all the time until it got outlawed
if you had planned ahead you could have covered it. at this point rake it to pull as much as you can then just turn the soil and deal with pulling weeds for a year. it wont be that bad since you'll be toting on it the first year anyway.
first, you'll need a scythe
Do you have a tractor? If so, plow it over.
If not, spray the area with killer a month or two in advance of planting, till it too. If the ground is soft a hoe will turn it over, but is arduous.
>spray the area
fricking moron
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State your goal anon.
>I want grass
till it about two inches, cover in triple mix and plant white dutch clover
>I want veggies and shit that feeds me
Look into no till permaculture strawbeds, literally newspaper and straw plus good organic soul to build huge heaps that will eventually sink down and leave you with healthy composting beds. If you want it to be pretty you'll need to invest in lumber and build some raised beds.
Green Sally up
Green Sally down
Last one squat, gon' tear the ground
Plow it, son
Depends on your timeframe, quick and dirty just rototill it and reseed but you'll get the weeds back. Slow and clean cover the area with cardboard or weed fabric for a few months to kill the growth, rake and reseed
I don't mind pulling weeds out once in a while. Next year maybe I'll lay some cardboard down a few months in advance.
If you have time, till it, cover it to burn everything, then uncover it to let the remaining weed seeds sprout.
I'd build some raised beds and have soil delivered to fill them.
I'd do this but get compost screened to 1/4" to fill the boxes and enough to cover the entire area you'd like to plant in-ground next year.
Get cardboard and cover all the area you want as a garden and spray water on the cardboard then cover with at least 3" of compost.
next season just till the area and you'll have solid growing soil and some raised garden beds so you can plan the frick out of some gardening
raised bed layout some cardboard and dump some compost/soil don't dig thats too much work.
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this man knows whats going on
gonna be real hard manual labor if you don't use sprays, which you don't want to because you will be killing all the good bugs and whatnot
if it is legal in your area, cut the grass, let it dry and light it. do it on a wind still day and leave a few meters barren as firebreak.
fire is an excellent weed remover, farmers used to do it all the time until it got outlawed
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Buy a little tiller or build raises beds
if you had planned ahead you could have covered it. at this point rake it to pull as much as you can then just turn the soil and deal with pulling weeds for a year. it wont be that bad since you'll be toting on it the first year anyway.