digging a new garden

[kiwibella]

I have planned an area for flowers alongside our fence. It is going to require some levelling which we have started by putting in a border roll. We have a stupid slope on our garden so it will require some filling to level. Do I (we ) have to take off the layer of grass? Dh doesn't think we need to... I'm not so sure .

[FalafelAtYourFeet]

The grass will just grow through won't it?

[MotherJack]

I would say you need to get rid of the grass. If the fill is deep enough for it to not grow through, I think that rotting grass gives off something not conducive to growing anything else.

[ABetaDad]

I dug a veg patch in a similar position to your border and did eventually remove a layer of grass. I did try and dig some of the grass sod in but was really is hard to break it up and it sat as uneven lumps on the surface.

[Furball]

when we made a raised bed (or 4!)for our veggies, we just put it on the grass and filled it with soil.

Didn't seem to cause any bother to our harvest

[Furball]

and we haven't had it come up through