Anti-growing

[piedmont]

12. Good grief. lay off the poison and start mulching!

A 10x20 area is TINY and easy to mulch! Here's what you do:
1) Cut the grass as short as you can get it.
2) Lay down a layer of cardboard or newspaper, overlapping all edges. If you use newspaper, make sure you put it down at least 7 sheets thick.
3) Cover with 3-8" mulch. This can be fallen leaves, grass clippings, chipped wood from a tree trimmer company, whatever you can scrounge up.

Your grass will be dead in a couple of months. Perennials with tubers may take longer. Rake off the mulch or dig it in when you're ready to do something else, but I have doubts about this pea gravel/moss thing.