zuzu said:Yes, if only those black thumbs worked on nutgrass! 
I had a similar situation and ended up moving all the good plants into containers before I tackled the problem.
That's good to hear, moving the desired plants to containers and is encouraging since that is what I am doing. I decided to put everything to be kept in pots, and the Iris, Tulips and daffodils are going to be prepared to go dormant until Fall. That should give me time to totally clear the area and verify no new growth before putting in new soil. I am not sure yet on the Rose, but currently planning removal after the blooming, trim it back and start it back up in a large pot, long enough to verify no Nutgrass remaining in the roots, and that the Rose survives. I am going slowly a bit at a time to go deep enough to ensure all of the Rhizomes are removed.
If nothing else I should learn a bit about eradication from all of this.
Thank you for the response and supportive thoughts here.
Thank you Plantladylin for your encouraging words as well. I will be asking a lot of questions soon.
Tim
