Weed control is a constant battle in many home gardens.
Weed mat or cardboard.
Tip s tips in this video i tell you how we use cardboard as a simple super cost effective way to control weeds in your garden.
This idea is derived from the concept of sheet mulching.
Standard mulches prevent some weed growth as the weed seeds cannot access the light they need to germinate.
How to use layers of cardboard as a weed barrier in the vegetable garden.
Jon got several more boxes from work and he continued laying the cardboard weed barrier along the inside of our fence.
Cardboard is applied to the area.
What began years ago as landscape.
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Getting rid of weeds in a new or overgrown bed may seem like more effort than it s worth but there are ways to simplify the process.
Rather than using herbicides landscape fabric or plastic sheeting to control weeds in your garden or planting beds try putting down cardboard instead as a green solution.
We still have several more areas to go.
Weed fabric rarely works and is often a really really b.
When we purchased our home the overgrowth was so established there was enough soil on the roof of the chook pen to keep many earthworms contented.
The weed mat isn t biodegradable and pieces will start to come out and fly around.
A free biodegradable alternative to landscape fabric is to use simple old cardboard.
Or if you fancy yourself a realist cut down drastically on the amount of work needed to take care of weeds.
Cover the ground with weed barrier fabric put mulch or bark dust on top and never worry about weeding again.
We also plan to lay a barrier down in the garden as well.
To use cardboard as a weed barrier in your garden.
Insidious how these product lines have grown.
Renegade gardener the lone voice of horticultural reason don t ever lay landscape cloth or weed barrier on the ground before planting.
A cardboard weed mat is perfect for a garden that is in a complete state.
Here is the problem.