Here are five good reasons to never use landscape fabric in your garden. We'll also share better alternatives for suppressing weeds, from cardboard to groundcovers.

Landscape fabric is touted as an easy way to control weeds. This plastic fabric blocks weeds and reduces maintenance, goes the thinking. This may be true in the short term, but landscape fabric has ...

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 ...

Landscape fabric can help suppress weeds but deteriorates over time. Learn more about using and removing landscape fabric before adding fresh mulch to landscape beds.

There are many different ways to take care of weeds in your yard, but there's one natural and particularly eco-friendly way you can get rid of them.

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 ...

These days its common to hear people refer to our current time on this planet as the age of information. And while it is certainly true that the little cell phone sitting in your pocket can give you ...

You’ve probably seen those large rolls of black fabric at your local garden center or home improvement store and thought to yourself, what is that stuff? Well, it isn’t a new type of flat paving or a ...

Thinking about laying landscape fabric to stop weeds for good? Carol Barany explains why it may do more harm than help — and what to use instead for healthier soil ...

Landscape fabric. It’s what goes under the mulch. Right? I’ve had several conversations with home gardeners looking for a permanent solution to keeping the weeds down, and each time I warn them about ...

For many homeowners, spreading mulch is part of the ritual of tidying up the garden after the growing season. Some will use landscape fabric under the mulch, in the hope that it will prevent weeds ...

Landscape fabric, while popular, is often unnecessary for home gardens. The three common types of landscape fabric—solid black plastic film, perforated black plastic film, and woven polyethylene ...