Many homeowners use landscape fabric (also called weed barrier) throughout their landscapes to minimize weeds. Landscape fabric restricts the light required for weed germination (since weeds seeds are ...

It’s great that many people are replacing lawns with low-water landscaping. But along with trees not getting adequate water, one concern is the widespread use of weed-barrier cloth, including at the ...

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Whether in a large area like a driveway or a small spot like around garden beds, gravel can add an interesting texture and color to any landscape. It offers other benefits, too, including its ...

Landscape fabric or weed barrier fabric will do more to suppress these perennial weeds. Gardeners also may use flattened sheets of cardboard (recycle boxes) or quarter-inch layers of newspaper as weed ...

You may know Bishop’s Weed, Aegopodium podagraria, a member of the carrot family, as goutweed, ground elder and snow-on-the-mountain. Native to Europe and northern Asia, it was brought to North ...

Q: We want to put down weed barrier in our landscape, but we just heard it is not the best idea. Can you explain why and tell us what does work? A: The great debate! I’ll just say it up front, I am ...

Q. Should a weed barrier be used beneath cocoa bean shell mulch? A. Avoid using weed barrier under cocoa bean, wood chips and any other organic mulch. As these mulches decompose they form compost, ...

Loose gravel is an attractive alternative to patio or pathway paving. However, this material is prone to weed growth unless ...

Over time, landscaping fabric can shed microplastics, which can readily end up in food supplies. When ingested, microplastics ...

One of the best natural mulches for vegetable gardens is straw. Straw is a by product of grain crops and is made up of the dead stalks and leaves left behind after farmers harvest the grain. It can be ...

In Louisiana, effective weed control requires mulching, barriers, herbicides and a lot of year round labor. If you neglect your garden for too long, it may come to resemble this 2011 photograph of an ...