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sweethomestead said:I drew up my plans for our garden in our new home. We went out and started digging up the yard with a broad fork. Then we realized that were have several areas of Bermuda grass in our yard. We dug up a 6 ft by 8ft area of the Bermuda grass. It seems impossible to get it all that way not to mention last years seeds. Ugh! I am pretty adamant about not using herbicides. I have heard solarizing and shading out may work. I was thinking maybe I could put down a double layer of card board in the area I want to garden. Then I could put 2 ft deep raised beds on top where my beds would have been if not for the Bermuda grass. Filling the beds with clean weed free soil. Does this seem like a good idea? Does anyone have a better idea or personal experience with this weed? We need to have a vegetable garden this spring and summer.

Use a generic roundup herbicide not the premixed. The 1that is 41 to42% glyphosate. Follow label directions for mixing and spray. Remember that the weed has to be in a growing state not dormant.