It is just plain old lawn. There is no Bermuda grass, and it's not tough grass, as it hasn't held up all that well to our three dogs pounding it. I live out in the sticks, so there is nothing too fancy or manicured out here! The lawn is growing well already because we have had a lot of rain, and if I wait another week, it will be time to mow it. I have to haul in the compost from the city, which is an hour drive each way, so I'll do what I can to get it thick enough, but it will take several trips. I'm not willing to use Round-Up on it, even though I know that would kill it fast, or should, if it was warmer. But, I don't want to use any chemicals. We're saving chemicals for our battle with the yellow starthistle that is trying to take over the rest of our land. That horrible weed is in an area that I'm not plating food in.
Like I said before, I've had great success doing this in the past, but I've never know how long it takes for the grass to die, since I have never dug into the cardboard. It's too large of an area to fill deep enough with dirt to plant in, and if I want veggies this year, I'm going to have to dig into the area eventually.
I appreciate all of the suggestions!
@frostweed answered my question perfectly! Thanks! I'm an obsessive mulcher, so in the areas that I do need to dig into before it's dead, the mulch should easily help to smother out any grass still growing!
