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I'd like to till my vegetable garden this weekend but grass has grown in it over the last month or 2. Should I get rid of this grass first or till it under? If I should et rid of it does anyone have any suggestions on how to do that easily? the garden is 546 sq ft.

It would be great to get rid of the grass first, but it's not really practical. Mow it, till, and rake out what clumps you can. It would be best to wait a few days before planting, but it's not critical.

I tilled and removed as much as I could after tilling. Came up a lot easier that way. next question- should I use landscape fabric in a vegetable garden with mulch over?

You can...mulch may be enough, but I'm going to try landscape fabric in a few spots...I have used it extensively for ornamental landscapes and it's great, but you need to buy the profesional grade or you're not going to gain much.

omg my garden is being overtaken by these


and these



what are they and what do I do? HELPPPP!!!! the one almost looks like Jade but I didn't think that was a weed....

The first is purslane. A cousin to rose moss, portulaca. It is an edible weed. But pretty easy to remove.
The second one I am not familiar with.

There are actually two different things in the second picture. The big one I know (but not its name) and it's easy to pull out too, especially after a nice rain. But look also in the bottom right corner. Looks like a maple seedling to me. Super easy to pull at this stage, but don't wait much longer or you'll have a forest, not a garden!

the big one reminds me of a sunflower.

That does resemble a sunflower, but I think it's from a different family. Something like bee balm, horse mint...the more I look, though, the more it does look related to sunflowers. Hmmmm....mystery...:)
ID it and get one of these

Check out the vein pattern, Dave. Not so sure.

I looked all over and culdn't find that plant, i give up.
I've seem it in my garden and yanked it.

We just had moderate unseasonal rain here on the northcoast of California. My garden soil seems pretty packed down. Do I beed to retill the sail. It seems to me yes but I wanted to check with more experienced gardeners
Thanks
Kevin

Welcome, kb. If you have not yet planted then yes, Till away! You can always cultivate soil lightly around established plants and seedlings.
We have had some very unseasonable cold rain here in Cal.