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Old 05-17-2005, 09:32 AM   #1
Lucille
Newspaper/mulch

My garden has got kinda weedy in places so I am going to work on it later this week. One method that has worked well for me in the past is the newspaper/mulch method where you put down several sheets of newspaper around your existing plants and put mulch on top.
The newspaper is somewhat permeable to water (although I have those 'weeper' hoses in my garden that go under the newspaper) yet does a fairly good job of stopping weed growth.
It does this for about a year, then the newspaper decomposes as does the mulch and need to be done again. Areas that are less formal, like my wildflower/perennial beds, cannot use this method as the reseeding from the wildflowers requires some exposed soil, so mostly I use the newspaper/mulch in my rose beds.
Anyone else use this method of weed control?
 
Old 05-17-2005, 09:42 AM   #2
DAND
I do, I do! It works rather well for me. The only time it doesn't is when the squirrels decide to read the comics. Damn squirrels.
 

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