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we did this last september/october and it worked fairly well for a few months. recently we experienced A LOT of breakthrough of grass where the overlapping was slight and where the newspaper did breakdown somewhat.

we were advised by a landscaper at our local Plant Shed at an Organic Workshop that this was a green way to kill the grass in a landscape bed without chemicals or tilling.

9 months later, there was significant breakthrough. This weekend, we pulled it all up, pulled the remaining grass by hand, and laid out the landscape cloth - we even found some made from recycled paper. a little pulling here and there - ok - but this was experience was disheartening. if you go this route, mulch mulch mulch.