

With a bit of gumption and patience, you can clear a large area by removing grass with a shovel. Our vegetable garden is ~ 300 square feet, or nearly 30 square meters. It is by far the fastest method to remove grass or cut sod/turf by hand. The method to remove grass I will teach you just requires a pair of gloves and simple garden shovel. It doesn’t take too much of the soil, and although it is still work – much easier on your back/body than other methods that I have seen and tried. I have found an easy and efficient method for removing grass/sod. There are many different methods you can find online to guide you from renting a sod cutter, to placing cardboard over the grass in the fall so that the grass is all dead/decomposed come next spring. One of the hardest jobs in the building of a garden is to remove grass to build a flower bed, vegetable garden, or to clear an area for a patio. ***If you are interested in other ways to remove grass (besides just a shovel) see this new post! => 5 Ways To Remove Grass for a Flower Bed / Garden A Dirty Job….Removing Grass Hello! And welcome to our Illustrated Guide on How To remove grass / clear sod for a garden or flower bed using a shovel, by hand.
