{"id":696,"date":"2021-09-03T07:03:14","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T07:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/?p=696"},"modified":"2021-09-03T07:03:16","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T07:03:16","slug":"what-happens-when-you-cover-grass-for-a-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/?p=696","title":{"rendered":"What happens when you cover grass for a month?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At the beginning of August, I was interested to see how long it would take to kill grass under black plastic. This is established, long meadow grass. It takes about a month, and probably two for it to breakdown further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"627\" height=\"627\" src=\"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210804_102138.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"697\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210804_102138.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/?attachment_id=697\" class=\"wp-image-697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210804_102138.jpg 627w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210804_102138-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210804_102138-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210804_102138-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210804_102138-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210804_102138-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Before<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"627\" height=\"627\" src=\"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210901_163501.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"698\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210901_163501.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/?attachment_id=698\" class=\"wp-image-698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210901_163501.jpg 627w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210901_163501-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210901_163501-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210901_163501-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210901_163501-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210901_163501-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">After one month<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"627\" height=\"627\" src=\"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210902_102644.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210902_102644.jpg 627w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210902_102644-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210902_102644-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210902_102644-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210902_102644-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210902_102644-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The grass is covered with plastic and cardboard ready for loads of compost, and if I can afford it, another poly tunnel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the beginning of August, I was interested to see how long it would take to kill grass under black plastic. This is established, long meadow grass. It takes about a month, and probably two for it to breakdown further. 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