Fall is a great time to begin the process of designating an area for a new bed you can enjoy next season.  If you wish to add new landscape beds or perhaps need to enlarge current beds, the removal of existing vegetation is crucial.  In most instances the vegetation needing to be removed is grass such as bermudagrass or fescue.  Any existing turf grass should be treated with a non-selective herbicide product such as Round Up.  A product is considered non-selective if it is active on any type of plant material it comes in contact with.  For this reason any time a non-selective product is used, extreme caution should be exercised to avoid direct spray or drift on desirable vegetation.  Simply outline the shape of the new bed you want to create by using landscape spray paint (on the grass or ground surface) or even a garden hose can be used to outline a bed’s shape.  Once the size and shape of the bed is chosen the non selective spray can be applied to the grass, weeds and other plants needing to be removed within the border of the future landscape bed.  By doing this step in the fall while grass and other plants are still green you can finalize the creation of the new bed much earlier come springtime.  Otherwise you’ll need to wait until the grass greens up next spring (usually in early May) before treating with the non selective product.  And it takes two to three weeks to obtain good results in killing out grass to make way for a new bed.