BIGGEST Weed Fabric MISTAKES We’ve Made!
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- Опубліковано 1 бер 2024
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Instead of sweeping the fabric off, I use a battery operated leaf blower and blow the stuff off. Makes a great Mother’s Day gift, LOL!!
I'm 62 and love my leaf blower!
I use a leaf blower too-easiest clean up ever!
Neighbor chickens got in my flower beds and kicked out a ton of bark mulch. Landscaper used a leaf blower to blow it back in!
Good thinking!
I got my fabric same year I saw it on your video. I have used it every year. 6 inch anchor pins. We take it (fabric and pins) up after end of garden.
We still rototill prior to laying out fabric, just let ground settle first. Rain helps. Works wonderfully. We just planted over 120 tomatoes and peppers, took about 2 hours. My husband uses a drill auger and I plant plants.
Teamwork. We made holes for plants and 3-4 foot parallel slots for seeds, leave a 4 inch portion also pin center of slots area, so its easier to to take up at the end of season.
Thanks again for suggesting it.
One thing I like to do when laying fabric is always start at one end and layer each row of my fabric the same way as you put each row down... think of it like adding shingles to a roof. always layer each new row over top of the last one. That way if you have to sweep or blow off dirt or debris, you can broom or blow dirt across the rows of fabric in the one direction without running into a row that is layered wrong and wants to blow dirt under that seam.
Also keep prevailing winds in mind. The last layer should be on the same side the majority of winds come from.
@ryam8962
In nursery work. We placed it for water run off. The first piece is at the lowest, so all other pieces are on top for water run off without going under
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Thank you Kevin and Sarah for all your years of dedication to the rest of us homesteaders
5 -10 years is not that much, maybe check with 50 year people in your area.
What does that mean?@@cherylanon5791
Good morning Kevin, Sarah and everyone!🌄😊 Really good video, especially for first time user/buyers. Learned alot of these things the hard way. 😳😵💫😉 One thing I would add is when buying the woven weed fabric/ground cover is to buy the 12' or 15' wide rolls. DO NOT waste your money and time with the narrower rolls of fabric. It takes a lot more time, fabric and staples to cover the ground. 🥰
True! I put down the wider rolls and you are so right, much less work ans Staples for sure!
@@michelemenard8364 😊👍
Thanks for that added tip!
I've been using this since I started watching you and I absolutely agree!
I think it depends on your application, how able bodied you are, and if you have help. Since I was doing all this by myself, I only bought 3ft and 6ft rolls. There's no way I could handle anything wider without help, and at times getting that kind of help darned near impossible.
Love this weed fabric. We have used it for about 4 years now because of one of your videos. Still going strong. Thank you.
Is this the woven polypropylene they show on Grower's Solution site?
@SandraMalone-pq4mn not sure, I got mine off of Amazon
Yes.
I also saw the Dewitt 3000 on the website . Which do you recommend?
A big learning for us is that the weed fabric will shrink in the hot sun when first put down. A 40' run will shrink lengthwise at least 6-10 inches. If you staple it immediately, the shrinkage will even pull the staples out. And if you are cutting around boxes, etc. wait for a week or two in the heat and then trim or you'll have a mess. (like we did the first time). So ... cut it a little longer than needed and wait a bit for it to shrink in the heat and it really works wonderfully!
That’s strange, I’ve been using it for years in 100F plus temps and never had that happen.
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Thank you so much.
Great information. Ive tried the big box store weed fabric in the past and yes it's not the best. The chickens stole the show!!!❤
Right??!!??😂
Thank you, good and worthwhile tips. Enjoy your beautiful and bountiful homestead.
So glad I saw this now. I was going to put the fabric down and put wood chips all over it to look good. At the age of 75 I do not need to be working harder but smarter. Great video. Enjoyed it and will return to listen to it again.
BUT....those wood chips will break down, making composted soil, allowing weeds to grow! and then you'll have to work really hard to remove those weeds (their roots will find a way to pierce the weed fabric). Better to just put down 8" of wood chips, add more every year, rake up the undigested chips to reveal composted ones--throw those onto your beds. The light fluffy digested wood chips enrich your garden beds. And new wood chips will take awhile to break down.
I am 76yo and hear you!😀
@@cherylanon5791 8" of wood chips sounds extreme, I use 4-5"
Because of your generosity in sharing your successes and mistakes. It has saved this little old lady many hours of back breaking weed eating
How big around do we cut the holes for planting things like tomatoes, beans, peppers, corn, etc? We have learned so much from your videos! Bless you for sharing your knowledge.🥰
Thanks so much for discussing the use of landscape fabric. I am ripping up my raised garden beds to lay down fabric.
Couple years ago my neighbor had horses and gave me few Skip loader buckets of horse manure. Yes I put on my garden and have been fighting grass since. I did not let manure dry out to kill seeds.
So digging up beds, level ground, install fabric and lay raised beds back down. Have to start over.
Excellent video with great tips. But I prefer 9" plastic landscaping nails. Be careful dealing with rusty nail. Loved this video. Thanks for sharing.
Have used this weed fabric for the last 3 years. It is a Godsend. It saves so much time and frustration fighting weeds.
YES to all of this! We're in the nursery business, and I recommend to anyone who wants to start one, get your woven ground cloth down before you do anything else, and use as wide a roll as you can get.
Thank you. I do use the DeWitt ground cover. Before I purchased my first roll I contacted the company to see if the fabric would stop nut sedge grass and their comment was that nothing stops nutsedge. This grass will grow through the fabric. I have also had issues with fire ants eating through the fabric if there is a big ant hill under the fabric. It is a big time and money investment but I continue to use the fabric because every thing that I can do to help reduce weeds saves me time. I learn a lot from you two and even through this fabric is not perfect it is MUCH better than weeding, weeding, weeding.
Yes we have issues with ants and voles chewing through the fabric too
exactly, that nutsedge, and many other narrow-leaved weeds (broam grasses) will grow right thru even that DeWitt fabric. Maybe if you put down 3 layers of it, might work. Darn expensive. Better to dig out the "nut" in spring and burn it (don't throw in compost or trash).
Confirming my decision to put cardboard underneath. I doubt it’ll stop ants but I definitely don’t want grass coming through.
We started using this a few years ago because of y'all!! Everything you are saying is 100% correct. It is excellent and seems to last forever. As I lay it down in the spring I put grass trimmings under it. The seeds that germinate but the weeds won't live because of the lack of sunlight. the grass breaks down over the summer and feeds the soil. Winning!!!!
Great idea!
I have had all the problems you have discussed and am happy you let everyone else know the tips and tricks to weed fabric. Please don't leave plants you have pulled out on the weed fabric either.
We use geotextile fabric that is designed for laying down under driveways where the soil is too soft for continued traffic over time. It lets water through while blocking weeds and is tough enough to drive semi trucks, tractors, dump trucks, skidsteers, etc. It will last a lifetime and withstands sunlight as well as sub- soil conditions. It is awesome in the garden and beats the fabric that is sold as weed block. It comes in rolls 15'x300'. We purchase #9 galvanized wire in rolls to make our own staples approximately 10-12 inches long. They will last a lifetime as well. This eliminates 98% of the time spent on pulling weeds. It is worth every penny.
I totally agree. I used geotextile material in construction for many years and now in my garden. You can cut or burn it. It won’t rip. It lets water through and you have fewer seems to overlap.
@charlesblakney2378 I'm glad to know you have experience with this product as well. The most challenging thing about using it (or any weed block material) is when you rotate crops that require different hole centers. Eventually, we will separate and categorize configurations according to hole size and center to center measurements. I often wonder if a person could make a profit by cutting this into say 5' widths and selling it as weed block for gardeners since so many seem to think if it isn't sold as such, it won't work. We use both a butane torch and an electric knife to cut/seal the edges. The electric heat knife works best for clean, accurate cuts. We use one of our small solar generators that is easy to carry for powering it. The torch is more convenient, but the knife is best.
I would lay down spaced pavers on the weedcloth to form paths for walking, plus to help hold it all down. They can easily shifted aside for clean up but will also keep dragging feet from disturbing the cloth undreneath
I struggle with Bermuda Grass. Leary about spending the money on this ground cover. Bermuda is the devil to gardeners.
If you don't keep up with the edging it will grow right over the fabric and put it's roots in.
@@heidiw8406, any ideas on edging???
Weed killer-brand?
I hate Bermuda grass…..😢
@@cathybradford5685 I like what Living Traditions Homestead did with the landscape timbers. That is probably the best thing to do. I just pull the Bermuda grass back and pull it out when I see it.
Weed whack the edges. Been working for me for five years. And any thing that pops up through the fabric just pull. No solution with the fabric is perfect.. none, you just gotta deal. Oh and overlap the strips of fabric.
It grew right thru the holes in this identical brand from Amazon. The good stuff. You cant remove it. Bermuda grasswill be inches bigger hours after you pull it out and its runners grow up to 12" underground. It has to be removed by digging and its under cloth.Doesnt work in Coastal SE VA
We followed your example 4 years ago, and will never go back to not using landscape fabric in our garden. It's a game changer!
I have been using a fabric called Lumite which looks just like yours. I have some pieces that have lasted 30 years. It is incredibly tough. Something I can add to your very good information is my method of holding the sheets down. I use electrical conduit at all of the seems and edges with one concrete block on each end of the pipe. This provides a very broad based anchor. The blocks are a little bit in the way but I don’t mind it. I found that I was missing some of the staples when I lifted the plastic each year and I didn’t want them to puncture my tractor tires.
I saw the "WHITE CHICKEN SUPERVISORY STAFF" making their rounds in the background! Looked like they approved of your set up, because they moved on and no report was made! LOL!😂 God Bless your gardening season!
Weed fabric is a nightmare on heavy clay soils. The mud from watering comes through and you cant sweep it off. Where weeds are really bad, its been actually a nice thing to have grass paths and just mow or weedwhack between raised beds. The grass soaks up the moisture and prevents mud. The beds on that fabric will outlive the fabric, so its something to think about when the fabric has lived its life. The beds themselves are not particularly weedy and I like the grass paths. Nice to walk on and looks nice too.
Good morning, coffee buddies! Hope you are having a lovely day!
I bought my woven weed fabric for the first time this year and I believe it will work great!
I have purchased the woven weed fabric, but to my dismay Bermuda Grass grows though it! I have stapled it down, secured edges, still that darn grass gets through! Still fighting it! but the weed fabric does slow the grass down some, but it doesn't stop it. Bermuda Grass is a nightmare.
We have used weed fabric for 4 years now. Love it! Has cut down weeding by 98%. We use eight inch metal clips to hold every three feet.
I haven't even seen 8 in clips. Where do you get them from?
@ladybugsarah6671 We buy them locally for from Amish for $8.00 per 100 of them.
I endorse all these points. Don't underestimate how powerful a root system is. The stem will not penetrate the fabric, but a root will definitely find a way through.
I picked up some weed fabric probably 40 years ago and it's still doing its job. I did make the mistake of putting pulled weeds on it to dry out...only I left them there, they turned into soil and it was the perfect environment for more weeds to grow and puncture through. It was expensive at the time, but the labor it's saved me has been immeasurable.
Wow 40 yrs. Do you remember what brand it was?
I don't. I remember going in the office of our local farm and garden store and the lady went through a catalog and did a special order. @@ladybugsarah6671
I'm glad you had this video. I was planning to put ground cover down and then build my raised beds on top of it. When I got done, I was planning to put bark mulch between the rows for walking on. (looking nicer) I hadn't really thought about the fact I would be creating a place for things to grow. So thank you so much for this information. I about made a BIG mistake.
Another great video. Thank you
We have some that is 5-6 years old. Ordered it from Growers Solutions and it was an investment. But well worth it! We love it. In East Texas we do need longer staples. And the torch is a must.
what torch do you use?
@@kimwiscaver8686 something my husband picked up at Lowes. Handheld. General purpose.
@@LazyKFarmstead thanks!
I had some of this fabric last season. Unfortunately, Bermuda grass grew through it. I had to tear my entire garden apart.
What brand and thickness was it?
@@cathy3951 I tore it out and trashed it. I can't recall. It was something from a local nursery
I enjoy y'all's videos so much .I couldn't help but notice and laugh at the chickens in the background getting in and out of the growing buckets at the back.😂God Bless y'all.❤
Thanks for saying that. I looked and saw them. Lol
Your 100% right about everything y'all said about the weed fabric. I love it! Now, if if I have a hole that doesn't have a plant in it, or pull one out, and don't plant in it, it Will grow a weed. Also, If you don't weed eat around the edge or border of your garden, and weeds grow there, the wind will blow those seeds and get into those holes. I had a mess with that, when my weed eater went out. Other than that, I've have no weeds, but I do need a shop broom to sweep dirt off. Now, I've not had any weeds grow from the dirt getting on there, but it looks nicer, for sure.
I bought some DeWitt woven weave fabric for my small garden after I found you four years ago, it works amazingly well to suppress the weeds. Thank you Kevin and Sara!
Using construction grade geotextile nonwoven in 13 foot wide rolls will solve most of the problems you mentioned. Just found your channel and love it.
I use drainage fabric. Never frays. Looks like felt, not woven. I like it much better than the woven fabric. It also comes very wide. I buy from a retaining wall company. I put chips on top. After 7 years I shoveled all the old chips, hosed the whole thing off and put new chips down. I personally wouldn’t want to look or garden with the plastic woven fabric.
I got my DeWitt woven ground cover at Home Depot. Since I don't have a huge garden I was also able to get a smaller roll than at a lot of places.
Your new garden setup looks fabulous!! I can't wait to see how the summer goes. I'm thinking this is going to work wonderfully, with all the fun of growing your own food with little to no extra time and frustration. AND barefoot friendly! 😊. Very jealous and inspired. ❤
Great video! I've been using fabric for about 6 years or so, have bought it in 3' 6' and 12' widths. When you plant, sweep or blow any excess dirt off the fabric because weeds will start in that leftover dirt. Weeds will also grow up through holes made by your staples. I use a combination of staples and bricks to hold the fabric down. When buying fabric, order it from a source that specializes in growing supplies, they will have several grades of fabric, so buy the best you can afford. I run a roller over the garden patch after tilling and before putting my fabric down. You can buy a staple tool that allows you to put your staples into the ground without bending over.
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It is very important when taking out your plants at the end of the season to not just yank the whole plant. This is very disruptive to the soil. What you should do is cut the plant just above the soil level and let the roots degrade over the winter. You will be able to remove them very easily when you remove the cover in the Spring .This will minimize soil disruption and keep the living microbiome intact for the healthiest soil possible.
Ordered 3’ x 300’ and it will be here in 2 days. Have to de-weed garden area and beds. Hopefully it works as well as this video claims, it will save so much work.
Thank you for the information.
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I am using it around the outside of my garden and I discovered that if a small dog’s sharp nails can poke holes in the fabric and weeds will grow through those holes.
Yes❣️ Spending 90% of my time weeding takes the magic away from the garden. We purchased good quality weed fabric for this yrs garden. I am very much looking forward to a yr with less weeding and more devotion to the bounty that God gifts my family and neighbors. Thank you for posting this video. I am going to save it for referencing later this yr and in the next few yrs😉
Peace and Love Neighbors 💖
I go to gas station garbage dump and collect boxes for free. Cover my garden with cartons between plants, on walkways. Throw some dirt over them so wind do not take them off. Yes, I use this wowen fabric but boxes are still the most economical. At some point you just give up on weeds, on garden. To much work when you are 75 as I am. God Bless You good people.
Thank you
All true, been there too! Of course, most of this info I’ve gotten from y’all in various videos! 😊 Mine only mistake and I wasn’t surprised, was where I used up some clothe weed fabric we had. Not only did it let weeds and grass thru, it just came apart in bits and chunks! 🤦🏼♀️ I was picking up bits of black clothe all around the garden and yard! It’s been covered now and will remain so 😊
This weed fabric is great. I watched one of your videos years ago and tried it. I haven't looked back since. Absolute time saver... barely any time spent on weeding. Just around the base of my plants. Definitely worth the money. I still have my original roll... it's been almost 5 years now and still going strong!
Yep another great video and I hope those chickens aren't putting tiny little holes in your weed fabric😮
You forgot to mention how much it shrinks. I use it in my 16’ x 4’ beds and it shrinks about 4-6” over that length. I’ve had to add a 1’ piece at the end of my original beds to cover.
Your chickens wanted to be in the video how cute.
We have used this recommended ground cover and LOVE it! We purchased from Grower's Solution. Awesome --- I know, I know, I'm preaching to the choir. LOL
THe big box store (Lowe's) where I live sells Dewitt professional weed barrier. So its not the store name, but the actual product we should pay attention to. Thank you for sharing.
The stuff at Walmart has its uses for the small garden. Yes you have to replace it every year but it's been a godsend for my tiny garden. It's allowed me to still garden with age creaping up on me. I'd love to be able to afford the good stuff but i can't and the big box store kind works for me .
Hmm what about micro and nano plastics?
A big time saver for cleaning the dirt off your weed fabric is to use a leaf blower. This is the method I have used for years and it has worked really well for me as long as the dirt isn't wet. It works especially well if the wind is blowing and you go in the same direction as the wind.
We've used weed fabric in our garden for years, and we agree that it's a game-changer. This year, we put it in our high-density apple orchard to keep the weeds down around the trees. We are looking forward to not having to weed the orchard!
First year trying to use fabric, and already see a couple things I did wrong, or could've done better.
here in AZ I put weed preventer down, then fabric, then rock
Great tips but unfortunately I don't agree with not mulching on top of the weed fabric. I put raised beds in many years ago with fabric and the black just baked the plants and makes the garden to hot. I mulched my walkways many years ago the temperature is cooler and have never had a weed problem. Just don't purchase soil with topsoil to fill your beds it's full of weed seeds. Many people complement my garden because of it in my videos.
Our native weeds tend to be freely seeking annuals, hardy biannual, and aggressive perennials. Many are designed by nature to have deep tap roots, healthy spreading root systems, and to become brittle so they break freely depending upon the season in part because we tend to have heavy gray clay soil; or river silt. Land scaping fabric, tarps, cardboard, and burlap coffee bags can even promote healthy root grow on some of them if not applied correctly. I feel your quest.
I started watching your channel in 2020 and was able to invest in this kind of woven weed fabric in 2021. I tell everyone that it changed my life! I know a few of friends that have bought it too.
Kevin and Sarah, we’re using the same weed fabric you use and we’ve found the same issues. We love using this stuff. We’re just starting to accumulate the raised garden beds. We have found one more issue with the weed fabric. We don’t live on flat land and didn’t have a tiller or plow for our tractor. Just a very small walk behind tiller. We didn’t know to get the dirt extremely flat under the weed fabric so we walk along and there are hills and dips. We don’t walk well ourselves and this really hurts us. We’re taking out our trellises and ground cover this spring to try and till and rake our garden as flat as we can and re-lay the fabric out.
Last year was our first time using this ground cover and we absolutely love it! I will say I totally forgot about burning the sheets apart in the beginning. We had to go back and singe the first few pieces we cut.
I have the same ground cover in my garden and the only thing I've had to come through it is the dreaded Cogon Grass which when sprouting is like a needle and punctures through just about anything. It's an awful grass to deal with. It's very hard to kill and will grow in total darkness as well as light. We had a 5 gal bucket turned upside down beside our shed for a year and my son had a hard time picking it up which made us think snakes were living in it but it was actually the Cogon Grass that grew under it and once pulled straight out we measured it to be 14+feet. It's a very very hard thing to control. Ugh!!!
I started using this about 4 yrs ago because of you'll...last year I had to have chemo so I definitely was blessed by this ground cover I could still garden and have fresh veggie with no weed pulling...so always gonna use...I have also used the same fabric the last few years..holds up really well
I also was getting chemo last year and too weak to garden. (Best wishes to you 🤗) which specific fabric worked for you? I saw 3 types on the website they recommended.
@@kathynunnery7326 it was a woven fabric..I dont recall the name brand. My checkups have come back clear but will keep getting tested every 3 months...I hope you are doing well.
Weeds grow even through the holes made when you put your staples in place. I totally agree about using a torch to burn the fabric.
I see you are at 805k subs, well done you 2 😊👍🇦🇺🇺🇸
Great tips Kevin and Sarah! We have used the wide woven fabric for years now. What a game changer! So much work on the farm with spring calfing, who whats to weed. I took note about cleaning off any soil spills. We are in our 70s. Woven fabric has made gardening a whole lot easier! Really helpful information. Happy March!
I use the fabric because all the other methods just seemed to fuel the weeds and make them grow faster.
I agree wholeheartedly about not putting the fabric down on freshly tilled soil…worked so hard putting it down and the next day had to do it all over again.
I started using the woven weed fabric after seeing your 1st year of success with it and I am still using it. It is definitely a game changer!
To add when installing the weed fabric. You want to put your first row down opposite side of your prevailing wind. In Michigan our wind is primarily out of the west. Our gardens always run north to south. So we put our first layer down on the east side of our garden. This leaves only one single edge of weed fabric facing the prevailing wind. And that edge will be protected by the surrounding grass. This leaves no chance for your fabric to get caught by the wind assuming it’s a prevailing wind for your area.
In the winter time if leaving your fabric down when that western edge is no longer protected you could put boards or t posts down the prevailing edge to help prevent the wind from getting underneath that leading edge (it happened to us a few years ago mid winter despite staples every few feet)
I thank ya for the info! The chickens are still loving your round planters 😂, they are stinkers!
Why don't you line up your raised beds to set on the overlapping fabric? Line them perpendicular to the way you have them now. That way you would have the beds hold the overlap down, less staples and less holes.
I get AFC 300 woven 4 mil, sometimes we used 6 mil. It is not permeable. ITs meant as an underlayment for roads to direct/shed water off and prevent native soil from mixing in with the rock that gets dumped on top.
I used weed fabric last year and it was a game changer!
Thank you 🤗
We love this weed fabric. It cuts down on the amount of labor so much.
Hi Kevin and Sarah you have a nice homestead good job with the animals 🐖
Hi Kevin and Sarah. I've already got my fabric down. The very next day, 2 rows were blown almost all the way out. Had to redo them and add the push pin thingys,lol. Also well placed rocks, you know we got them everywhere here in southern missouri,lol, worked good. Anyways, thanks for the tips. I seen your video last spring about it and I did use a torch to cut the rows. Love the channel and the videos guys. Keep up the awesome work, and I for one will definitely keep watching. P.S. My wife Judy and I are the ones who bought in LongLane,MO. Planning on coming to Marshfield soon. Maybe we'll get lucky and meet ya.
Enjoyed your video, we did put weed fabric, the good kind, 6 year ago. Put in raise beds, the moles are all over under the fabric. Do you have moles there?
I started using this weed fabric last year and OMG what a difference. I will forever use this. Thank you - I started using it because you all suggested it. I agree Missouri weeds are no joke
Use to work in a garden center you definitely need to keep up on sweeping that stuff, weeds will root in such little stuff.
Loved seeing your assistant gardeners patrolling the weed fabric. It looked as if they were inspecting your work. 😁
Thank you for all of the great info and tips! Really appreciate you sharing this with us! Blessings on your day Kiddos!🌻🐛Carolyn in Ohio 🌿
I love the woven ground cover. I used it last year for the first time in my tomato and pepper plants and it saved me so much time since I wasn't having to pull weeds in between the plants. I just need to be more diligent in keeping the soil off of the fabric to help keep weeds from sprouting on top of it.
I second how bad the box store stuff is. Weeds love it, especially where the landscape pins go in. Trying to find all the pins in the left-over shreds of that worthless fabric is the 10th ring of hell Dante never knew. We're still looking to get rid of enough to safely use a tiller. We are Mussourians as well, and understand COMPLETELY. Our best luck came from having enough space between rows to run a push mower through. The weeds then became a useful path and it kept the prairie voles (our scourge in the northwest of the state) relatively under control. Those guys LOVE all mulch, so raised gardens and mowing are needful here.
I am happy you made a refresher video on this. I used it very successfully in Indiana, and now that we’ve moved to Arkansas, I need to buy some more. We made a lot of those mistakes too, but it was still totally worth it!! I had the idea to make smaller pieces with the holes laid out for specific crops. Then the pieces can be rearranged to rotate the crops. We burnt some holes the first year we wished we had never made. It was frustrating. Plan carefully, check twice, burn once 😅
Love the weed fabric from Growers Solution, and I agree about the mistakes. I have made most of them in my garden, but I can't imagine going back to gardening without weed fabric.
Great job!
Yes, Thank you! You are a big help when you warn us of the pitfalls. Btw. You both look radiant today. ❤
The woven weed fabric is awesome so long as you are using it properly. You absolutely have to slightly overlap it. If you don't i promise the weeds will grow through the cracks.
Even the stuff from Amazon is sub par weed fabric. I learned the hard way last year. When we started our garden we bought from Growers Solution which has been great. Last year we expanded our garden and used cheaper weed fabric from Amazon, trying to save a few bucks, because we covered the area around our raised beds and we needed a lot of fabric for that. I noticed right away that the fabric was made of a looser woven material and seemed lighter and just not as good quality as the one from Growers Solutions. Sure enough, after a couple of months, weeds started poking through. I’m sure we will have to re do our garden paths much sooner than we wanted to. Lesson learned; buy the best from Growers Solutions.