Planting my flowers and getting a flower garden?

I have a strip of lawn in the front of my house that I want to turn into a little flower garden. How do I go about it, because all that is there now is grass? Do I just dig up all the grass chunks along with the dirt? Is there anything to do to stop the grass from growing back? Any help would be appreciated.

Planting my flowers and getting a flower garden?
It depends on the type of grass you have. A grass with strong under ground stems called Rhizomes will need more than just a spade or rototilling to prevent re-sprouting in your new flower garden. Just a small part of a Rhizome (the white underground stems) can regenerate a new grass plant. The best way to spread this kind of grass is with a rototiller. Kentucky Bluegrass %26amp; quackgrass spread by Rhizomes.





Another kind of grass spreads by above ground horizontal stems called stolons. Your tif greens in the southwest spread this way. Again, just a small piece of the stolon can regenerate into more grass. In fact, this is a comon way to create a lawn when the hybrid seeds are sterile as with the hybrid tif greens.





A bunch grass grows in circular bunchs and spreads much like a perennial flower. The bunches just spread outward. Bunch grasses are the easiest to dig-up. Tall fescue is a type of bunch grass (they may also have very weak rhizomes, but they are considered a bunch grass).





For Rhizomonous and Stolonous grasses, I would recommend a systemic herbicide like Round-up when the grass is actively growing. Spray, wait two weeks, spray again. After another two weeks you can spade or rototill that grass and plant your flower garden.
Reply:Sure. Strip the grass away and put down an edge between the bed and the grass. Could be steel, plastic, stone, or pavers. Then till the soil to about 12" depth using a good mixture of existing soil and organic mix. Thoroughly mix it all together. Then your ready to plant everything you want. Make sure you water it in, but do not flood. Plants need water and air to thrive. Be sure to also mulch good. At least 2 inches of a good wood mulch. Good luck
Reply:You can do that. Or- and I think you'll find this is easier- you can build a raised bed or use a technique called lasagna gardening.





What that is is that you put several layers of newspaper at the bottom. Then you add compost, vegetable leftovers, coffee grounds, leaves, and perhaps even peat moss and mulch. And other things that are good for the soil.





There are books out about it.





Good luck!
Reply:Yes, You just dig up the grass. A SPADE works best; it's like a pitchfork, but with thicker and stronger forks arranged flat instead of like a basket. Be sure to shake the excess dirt from the pieces of sod you remove, your future bed will need it.


Now go to your local home and garden store and purchase a roll of flower bed edging. This is a flat roll of plastic about five or six inches wide and is used to keep the grass back.


Just Dig a trench around the edge of your new bed about one to two inches wide and then place the edging in the trench. Then fill in the trench with dirt and pack it in to place.


your flower bed is now edged.


Then talk to your home and garden employee to see what plants do best with your location and follow planting instruction. Be sure to water after planting, make sure all the soil is wet. Now sit back and enjoy the beauty!
Reply:Till the dirt. If you can not get a machine or the landscaping space is not broad enough for a machine just turn the dirt yourself. Dig it up, flip it over, dip it up, flip it over. Thats is. And remember to look in the gardening section @ precious-presents.com for all your home and gardening needs!