With the summer storms we tend to get, the main play yard for the dogs ofter turns into a mud pit. We have two outdoor play grounds, but the main one gets a lot of wear and tear. We decided to mulch one of the yards and leave the other as grass, but first had to officially kill all the grass. Besides several rounds of Round-Up, we laid newspapers down the morning of the mulch delivery. It was fairly tedious, but really worked well. Even weeks after the mulch was spread, there were only a few small green patches peeking through. Check out our beautiful new maple trees too!