When it comes to getting rid of weeds in your garden or landscape without the use of chemicals, there are two great options to choose from: biodegradable mulch and traditional landscaping fabric. Both ...

Landscape fabric is a fairly convenient way to lay down a weed-blocking subsurface. But there are many disadvantages and ...

For many homeowners, spreading mulch is part of the ritual of tidying up the garden after the growing season. Some will use landscape fabric under the mulch, in the hope that it will prevent weeds ...

A gardener installs plugs in a garden bed covered by landscape fabric. - Virrage Images/Shutterstock Landscape fabric is often sold as a permanent solution to your weed problem. Professional ...

Landscape fabric seems like a brilliant invention. Usually made from black- or gray-colored woven mesh, it's a barrier to weed growth that lets gardeners swap out pesticides for a material that can ...

Landscape fabric may sound like a neat, tidy and easy solution to all your weeding woes, but, as often is the case, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. To be fair, landscape fabric has ...

What do you think of landscaping cloth or newspaper as an additional barrier under mulch? A: Not much when it comes to landscaping fabric. Even with the microscopic holes, I've found that it shuts off ...

Landscape fabric, once considered the magic bullet for keeping weeds out of garden beds, is proving to be as much of a problem as the weeds it supposedly was to stop. On the surface, the theory behind ...

Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. Haley ...