NewsUser wrote:

Which is best to use for bedding to keep weed growth down... compost or bark
nuggets? Last year I put down aged hemlock. It broke down pretty quickly

Which is a good sign. Tells you that your soil is teeming with beneficial
microbes.

and
I'm been doing more weeding now than I want. Would bark nuggets be better?
Maybe I should go with unaged hemlock instead? Or just forget the bark and
go with a thick layer of compost? I'm adding quite a few new beds and am
looking at three units of material, at least.

karen
Portland, OR

Bark nuggets, probably. Choose for appearance.