How Do You Remove Grass & Sod?
Sod, also known as turf, consists of grass and grass roots in the few inches of subsoil beneath it. Sod must be removed before the planting of a flower or vegetable bed. You do not need to hire a landscaping company with expensive equipment or harmful herbicides to remove sod; you can use a rototiller or a flat shovel and a wheelbarrow for removing large patches of sod. Mow the lawn section that you wish to remove. Use the lowest setting on the mower. Take the shovel, hold it upright, and stab the blade into the lawn. Slice down through the sod until you reach the lower end of the grass roots, generally 3 to 5 inches below the surface of the lawn. Create narrow, parallel strips by cutting along your section, roughly 1 foot wide and as long as you need. Chop the narrow strip into 2-feet sections. Go to the narrow end of the first strip. Use the shovel blade to pry up the 1-foot end. Cut through the grass roots below, until you have loosened the entire 1-foot by 2-feet section of sod. Li
