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Use Weeds Killer to Keep Weeds Out of My Flower Garden?
"Jay Chan" wrote in message om... If I were you, I would pull out the landscape fabric, use wet newspaper for weed suppression, and follow the lazy gardeners guide to........ lazy gardening. The landscape fabric is already there. I installed it a couple years ago. I would have to remove the landscape fabric and replace it with newspaper if I followed your advice. That would be more work for me not less. Actually, I don't quite understand why we would use newspaper instead of landscape fabric. The only benefit that I can see of using newspapers is that they are free. But if we go through the trouble of putting newspapers to block weeds, we "may" be better off going all the way and install landscape fabric instead. The landscape fabric should block weeds better than newspaper, right? What's the reason of using newspaper instead of landscape fabrics anyway? I am not trying to be negative. I just don't understand. Jay Chan Newspaper will decompose gradually, and if you want to add solid "amendments", like compost, before the newspaper breaks down completely, all you have to do is poke holes in it with your garden fork. Jay, I'm curious about two things: 1) In any given week, how many hours of work do you think is appropriate to keep your garden in shape? 2) During the "special weeks", at the beginning & end of season, how many hours of work do you expect? |
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