How to Kill Weeds & Grow Grass

Kill weeds and grow grass to improve an areas aesthetic appeal. There is an all natural way to kill weeds without using harmful and expensive weed killers. Grass can take a while to grow, but anybody with some free time, muscle and a little money can do it. Weeds, if left unmanaged can become invasive and deter people from using an otherwise useful space. Grass, on the other hand, can be an inviting alternative to the useless weed patch.

Weed eater
Shovel
Rake
Rototiller
Measuring tape
Grass seed
Seed spreader
Peat moss or straw
Sprinklers

Instructions

- 1
  Clear the weed covered area using a weed eater and shovel. Cut the weeds off at the base and then rake them up into piles.
- 2
  
  Example of a soil rototiller.
  
  Till up the soil with a rototiller. The roots of the weeds will turn up on the surface of the soil, killing them. Rake up all the roots and dispose of them.
- 3
  
  Example of shovel leveling earth.
  
  Level the newly tilled area with a shovel and rake. Fill low spots using a shovel with dirt from the high spots. Smooth out the area using the back side of the rake in a back and forth motion.
- 4
  
  Tape Measure
  
  Measure the square footage of the area you wish to seed using a tape measure to determine how much grass seed you'll need.
- 5
  
  Here the seed rests on top of the soil.
  
  Spread the seed pver the tilled area using a hand-held or wheel-based grass-seed spreader. Cover the area with a thin layer of moisture-absorbent material such as peat moss or straw to hold in moisture.
- 6
  Water the area with misting sprinklers positioned to spray the mist into the air to avoid moving the grass seed two to three times daily until the grass is two inches tall.

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