Landscape fabric seems like a blanket answer for many issues, but using it on a slope could wash away time and money. Better ...

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 ...

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 ...

Double check your delivery packages before heading to the recycling bin. You could find just what your garden needs to keep pesky weeds in check.

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 ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A recent article addressed a reader’s question about growing cucumbers and concluded that these heat-loving vines are difficult to cultivate in Northeast Ohio. By the time the soil ...

For years there has been a debate about whether or not to use landscape fabric. The fabric works well to keep some weeds at bay but you must cover the landscape fabric with stone or mulch to keep it ...

A gardener has issued advice to homeowners over a common landscape fabric weed control mistake that some experts say may ...

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 ...

Tired of hosing the garden? Not so happy about what those sprinklers are doing to the water bill? There’s another way to keep gardens damp that’s both less work and easy on the water budget – drip ...

After several years of being covered with landscape cloth and rock, this side yard was weedy and very unattractive. Photo by Fredricka Bogardus, Colorado Master Gardener Many homeowners use landscape ...