A lot of folks ask in this sub ask how to kill off whatever is already growing in their lawn. Wanted to share a pic of the result of my process. This patch started as tall grass and weeds. I cut it short as my mower will go, wet it, then put a big black tarp over it. Leave it for 8 weeks or so. TBF this example was left over the winter but last summer I did it as well over 8 weeks and it worked the same. Then remove the tarp, rake off the dead stuff and you’ve got a clean slate. Reseed away!
I’m going to put a raised bed here instead of seeding it but you can see in the rest of the picture is my micro clover which I seeded last year. It’s coming back very nicely!
by Pennygrover