getting rid of unwanted grass PLEASE HELP!!!!!

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Ajijic Ajijic, Mexico May 17, 2008

I live in Mexico, Zone 11. Although I am certainly not a gardener, I seem to be able to make things grow, even in Canada, where I am originally from.

I planted my first (and last) garden in Mexico, about six months ago. It has done well, even though it has not seen a rainy season yet. Unknown to me, my builder, in addition to putting all the rocks and left over junk into my two garden beds, also added soil that he had taken from the lake front. It is becoming apparent that it is full of grass and other weeds. It is the grass that I am concerned with, as the other weeds are large enough to remove manually.

I have been able to keep up with removing the grass by hand, but after a couple of preliminary rainfalls, it has become obvious that I am going to be swamped with grass. The rainy season starts next month. Please, what can I do? My garden is on either side of a 100 foot driveway, on a very steep slope. I put down lava rock to help retain what soil I have from being washed away during the torrential downpours we will get each night for 6 months. Is there a type of herbicide that I can use to kill the grass, without harming my other plants? In case it matters, my plants include blue sky vines, Angels' Trumpets, various cacti, lantanna, jasmines, palms, hibiscus, bougainvilleas
, geraniums, papaya trees, frangipani tree, Texas ranger, and more.

Also it is somewhat dangerous to put my hands into my garden as we have scorpions and many poisonous spiders. I cannot grab the grass with gloves on.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

Penny

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mystic Ewing, KY(Zone 6a) May 17, 2008

Hello and welcome to Dave's Garden. This forum is for questions about PlantFiles. I'm afraid your won't get any response here. You might try posting your question here: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/f/b_gardentalk/all/

Good luck

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