We put up a lovely privacy fence & I now have a large private area with a "beautiful garden in progress" in an area of the yard we never used before. I'm happy as a piggy;-). I'm out there working every day after work until dark & every weekend. THE PROBLEM.....my dear husband decided we did not need to sod the area near my garden where we lost the grass (due to the construction) and that he would seed a new lawn. WELL, he bought a hand seed spreader & lots of seed....and proceeded to seed MY NEW GARDEN!!!! I tried in vein to get the seeds out of my new, clean, beautiful fresh top soil. UGGGGG! I NOW HAVE TINY BLADES OF GRASS APPEARING EVERYWHERE....HELP. I try turning the soil often it is not helping, I try plucking too. I have already planted my perennials, grasses, roses & shrubs prior to his seeding. So I have to work around them.
ANY SUGGESTIONS that don’t involve VIOLENCE!!!!

(I dont know how to attach photos or I would have)

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Nancy

Try Preen quickly to control the seed that has not yet germinated, but for the seed that already has you're pretty much out of luck and will need to hand pull. Herbicides are out of the question since you've already planted.

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John - Zone 6

Grass getter!!! Great!! That should also work in my gravel path that was also seeded!

To All, thank you for your suggestions & sympathy.

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Nancy

Nancy
I had a patch of ground all weeded out, ready for me to put in perrenials, and my BF decided he'd help me outside by seeding the bare spots! I raked out what I could and just kept weeding as it sprouted. I put a heavy layer of bark mulch too so some was just too weak to get a good hold and easier to pull.
{I'm Nancy in NY too!}

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