Winterizing overgrown beds

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BackyardZoo Poquoson, VA(Zone 7b) Oct 02, 2006

I'm almost finished the weeding & peat-mossing of my one bed that I was able to put in this year (it's an acid-plant bed, so peat instead of mulch). I've been extremely short on time this year and the garden had been overrun by weeds, but everything is so planted together that I'm having to do the weeding by hand. So I just wanted to vent to a few others who would understand.

I HATE BERMUDA GRASS!!!

There. I feel much better! :-)

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Xeramtheum Summerville, SC(Zone 8a) Oct 03, 2006

I hate it too .. it has completely overrun my canna bed. I can't wait til the first killing frost so I can cut everything back to the ground. I'll then spray some grass killer on the whole bed and start dumping my grass/leaf clippings on top of it (i use the bag on my lawnmower when the leaves start falling .. makes good mulch) to about 6 inches.

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BackyardZoo Poquoson, VA(Zone 7b) Oct 03, 2006

My bed is a mixed bag of strawberries, irish moss, blueberries, and asparagus - and one lone, apparently really persistant tomato (yes - still has a few fruits on it - wow). I'm trying to get the strawberries & irish moss to make a green mulch, but it's not there yet (just planted them in the spring, so no surprise). But with them all together, I can't spray without killing something I'd rather keep.

Sigh - I have blisters on my weeding hand, but just can't seem to go as fast in gloves.

I'd probably be more resigned than irritated, if my father hadn't SEEDED my bed with the blasted stuff. This bed runs the line between my property & my sister's (who technically rents from my dad) and they added bunches of topsoil to her yard - then he seeded it with bermuda. And wasn't too careful (ok...at ALL careful) about his spreader scattering seeds into my nice bed. GRRRR.

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