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 ...

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 ...

Landscape fabric rolled out on one side of a soil plot - Ana Lebiodiene/Getty Images Landscape fabric is often touted as a permanent solution for preventing weeds in gardens, and it's one of the most ...

"Oh my God does it suck." Gardener issues warning about common landscaping practice that does more harm than good: 'Should be ...

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 ...

I have some large beds of trees and shrubs in my garden, and the weeds have been very difficult to keep up with this year. Will installing a weed barrier fabric be worthwhile? — Sam Goldberg, ...

Landscape fabric can harm healthy soil by suffocating beneficial organisms and disrupting natural nutrient cycles. Plastic fabric may also pollute the soil with microplastics and hurt marine life ...

Will low spreading groundcovers grow through mulch? Last year when I put the groundcovers into the ground, I cut small holes through the weed barrier. This year I found many of them are trying to ...

Working smarter and not harder is a mantra of knowledgeable gardeners. We do not like to put time and effort into something that will not produce the results we desire. My example this week is the use ...

Q I am in the process of converting an old and very tired lawn into a new bed. I am planning on using bark mulch laid down on top of landscape fabric. I seem to recall reading in one of your columns ...