I have a perenial bed right in the middle of my back garden,about 6x18 ft full and I mean full of all kinda plants.Some have been there for several years some just last year.My problem is I can't get into it to weed and grass is growing between the plants.This bugs me no end.I was thinking of digging everything I can out and laying newspapers then new soil and starting over.I can pot up almost everything as it's finished flowering and store it on the back deck for the winter.It has eastern exposure there.It's abig job and I'm not sure i'm up to the task.Any suggestions before I start digging.Any silver bullets out there.I tried pulling what I can ,but with this hot weather and heavy rain the weeds are like iron.
Here's a short list of what's in there.
Rose
Sedem,autumn joy
solomans seal
jacob's ladder
Hydranga
red trilliums
shasta daisy
lungworth
hostas
delphiniums
tall phlox
and bulbs various.
Thanks for your help.
Mavis

You can do that, but have all the soil amendments on hand and ready before hand. Keep the plants you remove covered and moist and in the shade, if possible, while you renovate that bed, and try to not have the plants out of the bed more than 48 hours.
This is not the best thing to do, but will work.

How about a really thick newspaper mulch followed by a more decorative mulch layer?
Hire a smallish kid to weedle through and pull up the weeds.
Weed barrier fabric?

I was hoping to keep the plants out over the winter,give me time to do the job right.I'm having foot probs caused by circulation probs + a few other foot probs I've been hopping on one foot for 8months now.Kinda makes big jobs that much harder.I was gonna tackle it a little at a time.Is this doable?
I tried the newspaper thingy and had little success as the weeds just worked there way around the paper and came up through the plants.The mozzies are bad there too.
No kid I know would do that job for any amount of money.
Mavis

Cardboard will stop the weeds, and boxes are often free out behind the grocery stores. Overlap them by a few inches, wet it down so it will stay. I have mean and nasty weeds that live here on fog alone, and this works well on them, lasts almost a whole season.

Work your way into the bed placing the cardboard around all the edges. You can tear straight lines in the cardboard that you can then fit around the base of a plant closely by folding back the edges just enough to tuck it around the base.

You can also poke it down with a broom handle from 3 or 4 feet away, so if you stand in one place you can just turn a little bit and get large areas covered without having to move.

Tan boxes don't look bad at all, and if you want to add a light mulch over them they blend in really quickly. And maybe for future ease of use, clear out the center of the bed, put a steady stool or decorative armless bench there, and you can garden with long tools in all directions without having to move much.