Manual Sod Cutters
If you're feeling like some exercise, a manual sod cutter is the tool for you. Manual sod cutters have two long handles supported by a crossbar and connected to a roller that rests on the ground.
Sod Cutter
A sod cutter is a tool designed to remove sod in an even strip down to the dirt.
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If you have grass growing in your new garden spot, dig it up with a spade or sod cutter. Or, if you have time to wait, mow that area as low as you can, then cover it with a several-sheet-thick layer of newspaper and several inches of soil or compost.
However, if the planting site is in the middle of a lawn, it may be best to remove the sod with a spade or sod cutter.
For instance, with a sod cutter (available at rental yards), you can cut existing sod into strips, then roll them up to compost or give away. Or you can smother the lawn with a sheet of black plastic or old carpeting.
3. Remove the turf with a sod cutter or spade and sow seeds directly into the ground beneath. This only works if your lawn contains few weeds.
Instead, the sod should be stripped off. In small plots you can do this with a spade. On larger areas you may choose to rent a power sod cutter, or hire a landscape company to come and strip off the sod for you.
If you're planting bare-root stock, make the patch about 18 inches wide. For container-grown plants, make it twice as wide as the containers. If you're planting a long hedge, save yourself some hard labor by renting a power sod cutter (about $50 per ...
into the turf, using a pattern created by the Harmonists, a religious sect that founded New Harmony, Indiana. White rocks line the pathways of the maze, which took about two days for Doug and Catherine to carve into the lawn with a rented sod cutter.
 See also: Soil, Grass, Plant, Growing, Grow
  
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