How to kill lawn grass!

[Miljah]

I am converting an area of lawn into a bed. How should I get rid of the grass?

Don't really want to use weed killer, how long does cardboard weighed down with bricks take?

Any other ideas?

A large sheet of opaque polythene will work a treat, a few days of the paddling pool being on the lawn and it's dead.

I thought you kind of sliced round the edge and then shaved the turf off from where you want the bed to be with a spade

And then fork it over.

I'm with SoupDragon I think you have to take up the turf not kill it.

Third for digging it up b

An edger to mark out the bed, then a shovel to dig up the grass.

Weedkiller isn't nice, and won't do the new plants any favours.

Cardboard works if you're happy to wait.

Leave it as is and build a raised bed on top?

I dug it over and put cardboard over the area. ( old large box cardboard) then I put about 15cms of compost mixed with soil improver. That was 2 years ago no grass has come through and plants are growing well.

In addition to what SoupDragon has suggested, take the turf you've sliced off and stack it grass side down. Overtime the grass will die and you'll have some great soil you can reuse in the garden.

Thanks all!

You really do not have to take off the turf, just pop cardboard down and put the new compost on top. It will all die down once it has had no sun for 3 weeks.

Why wait 3 weeks when you can have it done in an afternoon?

Why take the turf up when you can just leave it be and by the time the roots get there the grass will be dead?