What are your recommendations for getting rid of weeds and grass that's grown over a garden plot? I recently purchased a house that came with a fenced in, on the ground, garden but it's gotten a bit overgrown.
Cleaning up the weeds with some good ol' elbow grease has been working so far, but I want to make sure that the weeds don't grow back, at least to a meaningfully bad degree. I also don't know if this is the best, or even a good method since I'm new to gardening.
I was thinking of putting down some rolls of paper where I don't want any plants but there are so many options and I don't know which to go with. Advice on that route would be appreciated as well.
Thank you in advance.
Edit:
I just saw a different post here about starting a garden plot from grass which sounds relevant to my issue. I'm leaning towards fallowing the plot and tarping it this growing season and trying again next cycle.
What's the advantage that raised gardens have if you don't mind me asking?