HOW TO REMOVE GRASS
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This week we're removing grass from the edge of our planting. There are several methods included in this video such as using a spade to remove grass, using a grub hoe to remove grass, using a quail sod cutter to remove grass, using a sod cutter to remove grass and finally using a Toro Dingo to remove grass.
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My back wants to know why I didn’t watch this video earlier. Great info!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 My back brought me here too 😭🤣
Seriously I'm dying right now hahah
My back pleaded with me to look again. Glad I did
Seriously man, welcome to the club
Dude I tried today doing my lawn but freak that lmao. Here I am on CZcams. 🤣😂🇺🇸
I’ve just watched a bunch of videos on removing sod, and you’re the only one that mention the grub hoe, which is crazy because it seems to be the best combination of ease and cost effectiveness.
I'm all about doing things the easiest way with the best returns. It took a long time to get here though.
@@CTSCAPER where do I buy one? I've been searching online for any leads. they don't look like yours.
The grub hoe has been around since Prehistory 😁 But eh, marketing is about creating needs, not about satisfying them 😉
Great video of removing sod, you've convinced me to hire a pro to create my beds, lol.
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The pitchfork is priceless at my home. I'm surprised more people don't have them.
Possibly the worst part of landscaping...removing sod....Nice video John!!!
thanks, good video, needed a name for all these tools
They make a specific shovel for cutting sod; its called a sod shovel the handle if offset like a a lot of modern snow shovels.
Nice video. Question: If I cut up all the sod and then turn it over, then cover with wood chips, will the grass start growing again? I don't want to use landscape fabric and it's a pain in the butt tracking down enough cardboard for sheet mulching that I will need.
Thanks for a great informative video. Great for ex-city slickers trying to start a garden like me lol.
Thank you. Such a helpful video 🙂
well, some great methods there John! However, I don't have that machine which you used towards the end so I personally just dig about a foot down, overturn the soil and shake the soil with my hand to loosen any weeds. I find it works best in keeping out weeds but it's not as reliable if the soil is like clay, although I've still known it to work. It can be time consuming though prepping large borders in this way. Your machine looks handy though :) cheers!
+Land Designs Unlimited LLC Well I don't regard myself as very fit! At 28 I have a hernia and a bad back, but I try and plod on whenever I can whilst being careful. However, I'd love to have a career like yours! I've only just got into landscaping since seeing your videos so I'll see where life takes me :). If you see this John, do you know if my beds will be completely weed free by removing all roots and laying bark mulch or will yearly maintenance still be required?
Any tips for tree roots right under the grass?
Another Great Video! Keep them coming. There is always a tool that you acquire that you wonder how you lived without it before. The tool that I am writing about is the King Of Spades. The King of Spades is an all steel Nursery Spade that works incredibly well for removing grass, turning soil, and edging. I bought the King of Spades about 4 years ago for $80. This may seem a bit pricey, but this tool will out live me and the next generation to come. The King of Spades is definitely worth your consideration.
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Wolverine Tools makes a better spade than King of Spades. I like it better. it is heavier, the D handle is welded smooth with no sharp edges to cut your hands, and I prefer the angle of the blade to the handle over the King of Spades. BTW, you can wear them out after digging many thousands of trees I'm rocky ground.
Your video is highly educational thank you , God Bless!
Any advice for more compact soils? Doing a 12 x 12 area for a new patio.
Are you completely against using herbicide to kill the grass ahead of time, and then just tilling in from there?
Yes, I don't spray herbicides.
Grass tiktok has informed me that I have ryegrass and “we don’t like ryegrass” so now I gotta replace it to please the grass gods
Wow that grass looks beautiful 😍😅
I had a few questions. I'm looking to remove some grass in my patio area (small area), but I know nothing about landscaping. Would I just remove the top grass (sod) like this, then tamp it down, put landscaping fabric over it, put landscaping staples into it, and then cover the top of that with gravel? I keep looking for answers, but no one has been very helpful yet in their responses to me. Also, would I need to use mulch with my project? Lastly, sometimes when it rains it kind of floods a couple inches, so is it okay to use the landscaping fabric then? Thanks for any help.
Very good video. Great information.
Go Huskies! Thank you for this very helpful video!
Where can we purchase the quill sod cutting tool?
Did you ever find out?
I have a lawn in South florida that I need to level grade and (mostly) level. St Augustine grass is really tough and I'm not sure this would work / I guess I'm not really trying to remove grass but doing more than just that. Grade, level, then install sprinkler lines and then sod... What would be the best way?...
Great video. I want to remove all the grass from my front yard and plant creeping thyme (about 50'x100'). Would a grub hoe be the best method? Is there a method that limits the amount of topsoil loss or is it best to just order some topsoil to regrade the yard and then plant?
Yes, but I think it will be worth the effort. Thanks, for the advice and keep up the great work!
Tried that sod cutter... Kicked my butt! Go machine for a sod cutting!
I have nasty loose crappy grass that I wouldn't call "sod", can I use any of those tools to do the same thing?
Nice work. Thank you for showing the various ways to remove grass. :)
My husband insists on planting shrubs and plantsstraight in the grounds without desodding first because he thinks or write lawn will erode if we desod plant beds (so annoying). How can I go in now and desod around shrubs and plants to make proper beds.
I've been told (by my wife) that husbands can be that way (annoying). :-)
You have to remove the grass using one of the hand methods or use a non-selective herbicide (I'm not a fan or any chemical use in the landscape). I prefer hand methods. Other options are sheet mulching with cardboard underneath ) YT search it or laying a black tarp over the weeds for a week in the summer and literally cooking the weeds. I've never tried the black tarp method but it looks promising if the plants look stressed remove the tarp so you don't kill them.
Most methods only work on loose soil as mentioned in video. Compact soil in Houston, forget about it! You'll need a sod cutter and/or some serious labor.
Would this work to remove fern roots? My CT lawn is overrun.
just what i need..my garden is over grown and full of weeds
James-west oz garbo productions u need to kill the weeds 1st. Then back/grub ho it. A flat end shovel will work and sod cutter. Get up at 4am because its going a long day. I don't recommend spray because they so harmful if inhaled , its the fastest way though and cheapest 2hrs and. 3-7$ a. Bottle. You can. Also buy sum stuff to kill ur grass completely in the area of choice,but it will take 2-5 days before u get it yellow dead. And can work it.
How do you make sure your yard is level after doing this?
Great video 💪🏾
What's the best way to remove the grass in the Southern states?
Brave Little Soul burn it
what if I want to remove the whole grass in my yard and put something else then grass
Grass is just another weed
Great video and just in time for spring. I liked your introduction.
Quality content. Helpful too.
hello i live in southern florida. you mentioned these methods do not work to remove the grass. but how can i remove the grass otherwise? what's the best solution in South Florida. I'd like to lay down new sod, but have such uneven grass. please help thank you!
I live in CT which is a totally different climate than south Florida. First, I'm jealous of your climate, especially in the winter. More importantly, you grow what are known as warm season grasses. Our grasses, aka cool season grasses, go dormant in the heat of the summer your grasses go dormant in the cool of the winter. In south Florida they may never go dormant. Try searching some videos for how to care for warm-season grass or maintaining warm-season grass and see if someone seems like they know what they are talking about. Good luck!
Great video again sir. Do you mostly do the work yourself or helpers? I see you have a Dingo. That should replace about 2 workers lol.
Disclaimer at end of video says that this method cannot be used in the southern US states.
Can you please expand on this?
The southern us states have what are known as warm-season grasses which are significantly more aggressive than our cool-season grasses up north.
what plant/video appears at 28 second where the butterfly is cued ?
This is so helpful
Love the linked video opening noise. 😉
What if you’ve never had sod and you want to pull up your whole yard for gardening I hate grass I want to grow something more useful I started using a thatch rake to pull it up and a hoe but it’s not sod so I’m just curious if there’s anything to help
Where did you find this tool
Here is the manufacturers website: quailsodcutter.com/quail-products/
I am having trouble finding a good Grub Hoe, where did you get yours?
where can i buy that kick sod cutter, could you sent me a link please.
quailsodcutter.com/quail-products/
If it's not a pitch fork whatvis it called?
Why did the come up in my recommended only after using a hoola hoe and a shovel to do the same thing 😑🤭
Ouch!
Can you rent the manuel SOD cutter?
I haven't seen it anywhere locally.
Thanks man!!
Takes a long time to get to it.
I have a 3x6 ft bed of monkey grass/loriope that's gone wild. Would a hoe be a good method to remove?
cutting grass between rice plant, painfull
ive tried everything to remove my bermuda lawn. Had landscape guys come, remove the bermuda, reseed, and still bermuda pops up. its the devils grass. Great for summer, horrible for any other season
I spent 3 days digging out a 2 by 5 bed of grass by hand/ shovel... I wish I knew about those tools oh my gosh.
You are showing the grass which was all ready cut and laid down!!!
My South African grass will survive that, digging it out is the only way.
yeah try doing this is pa where theres clay every where, man did that suck doing that!
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and real professionals will spray roundup where needed and 10 days later till it in.
Not advisable if you are going to plant vegetables. Do real pros always want to poison themselves? That stuff causes cancer.
Yes and let’s make sure we spray to kill all those pests too and then wonder why the bees all died
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There's gotta be an easier way.
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I have an idea. I'll keep you posted.
Ummmmm I came here from Madd Vladd?.?.
That's plain weird.
I wouldn't use that grass it will come back in yor bed
This guy needs to talk less and do more