The sheets from your old newspaper stacks can be repurposed to ensure a weed-free garden with very little effort.

Can I use newspaper as a weed barrier in my vegetable garden? At one time, there were concerns about the use of newspaper as a weed barrier in the garden and landscape because of the inks used.

Dealing with garden weeds eats up lots of time, especially when you need to remove spurge weed or other aggressive growers.

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 ...

Another way to keep tough grasses out of the garden is to use metal edging around the outside of the garden bed, notes ...

A. Avoid using weed barrier under cocoa bean, wood chips and any other organic mulch. As these mulches decompose they form compost, providing a great place for weed seeds to land and germinate.

Q. I would like to know if using landscape fabric would be a good way to keep weeds from growing under my tree? — Jason Hutchins, Des Plaines A. Landscape fabrics reduce the amount of sunligh… ...

Mulches used in the home landscape perform many of these natural functions, some better than others. In addition, mulch also serves as a design element, adding color and texture to the ground plane.

Amaze (oryzalin and benefin), Preen Garden Weed Preventer (trifluralin), and Halt’s Crabgrass Preventer (pendimethalin) are dry granular products that are sprinkled and watered into garden soil ...

Weed barriers and landscape fabrics applied over a thoroughly weeded area are more effective at preventing re-emergence of this weed. Using brown cardboard as a barrier can provide excellent ...