Best way to overturn a garden and seed it?

I've just moved into a house, and back garden has been left to overrun. Lots of the weeds seem to be some sort of trailer, and have deep roots.





What is the best, and easiest, way to overturn all the ground and plant grass seed? I'm not sure the soil is very good quality, but I'm sick of looking out at it at the moment!

Best way to overturn a garden and seed it?
If It's a small area you can steak out some black plastic for 4-6 weeks in the area you plan to cultivate. Make sure all the edges are down to prevent sun light from getting in. A shovel or garden fork will break up the dirt just fine after the plastic has been removed. Happy planting.
Reply:rent a rototiller till the whole area .rake it out level and seed it cover it with straw to help keep it moist and the wind and the birds getting to the seed.keep it moist until you see it starting to come up.then as needed.don,t worried about any weeds that pop up .once the grass is cut the second or third time then you can give it a shot of weed and feed fertilizer
Reply:Use a rototiller to do the trick for you. If you don't own one, look in the paper %26amp; someone may offer that service to the public. It shouldn't cost too much if the area isn't too big.
Reply:Depending on where you are, and whether or not you have snow! the most thorough way to deal with this is to pick up a bunch of cardboard, cover the ground that you want to choke out, and leave it for a season. Sorry! Turning the soil with active weeds will likely result in even more weeds, especially if they are trailers. Depending on the look you are after, you can cover the ground with recycled cardboard, then pick up used pallets to walk on for now. If that idea is horrifying, you can use roundup, but be very careful to follow instructions and keep kids and animals away. Congrats on your new house, by the way!
Reply:Buy Roundup, the kind kills bushes, at hardware stores like Home Depot , Lowes, ACE Hardware, and follow the instructions. Then do like the other suggestions.