Solar Power: If you want to turn a section of lawn into a flower bed, solarization works well to kill grass. Cover the area ...

When you spot unwanted grass living rent free in your flower beds, you may be tempted to spray some weedkiller to treat the area. And while that may kill the grass, it’ll also take out your flowers.

Grass can be lovely in your lawn, but when it gets into planting beds, it’s a weed—competing for space and nutrients with your flowers. While you can treat those trespassing grass blades with ...

If the weeds greatly outnumber the flowers ... Make sure the grass rhizomes have not infiltrated the good plant’s roots. Then edge the bed and manage the weeds. You can cover the bed with ...

A physical barrier such as landscape edging may help keep lawn grass from spreading into beds. Combining these methods during the planning and preparing of flower beds can help keep your beds weed ...

AP Share WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — LeighAnn Ferrara is transforming her small suburban yard from grass bordered by a few shrubs into an anti-lawn — a patchwork of flower beds, vegetables and fruit ...

A: Georgia turf grass specialist Clint Waltz joined my ... Soon, weeds too will be appearing in flower beds. Keep them at bay with a thick application of mulch, 2-3″ is ideal.

In the spring, wait as long as you can to clean out dead stalks and grasses in garden beds, as these may be the home of overwintering insects. Ideally, home gardeners should wait until it is time ...