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Originally Posted by Stumptown
If you're in less of a hurry, and starting in the fall, you can use a layer of newspaper under a layer mulch to kill the grass. Works well here in zone 8 with warmish and wet winters, not sure how it would work in colder and drier areas. I imagine it would still kill the grass, but wouldn't decompose as quickly, so you might have to pull a bunch of paper out when you till it up in the spring.
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yeah, I read that method and like it. My variation of that would be to cut the grass real low, cover it with top soil then cover that with landscape fabric and mulch. Without sunlight the grass would die and eventually decompose. It's likely a slow process, but requires the least effort and cost and doesn't use chemicals