Columnist Bill Pramuk explains the effects of weed barrier fabric on plants, providing some alternative methods.

It’s great that many people are replacing lawns with low-water landscaping. But along with trees not getting adequate water, one concern is the widespread use of weed-barrier cloth, including at the ...

There are many ways to suppress weeds from ruining your edible garden, but this one comes with serious considerations and ...

Landscape fabric promises a neat, low-maintenance flower bed, but many gardeners discover too late that the plastic grid ...

Ask any knowledgeable horticulturist how effective weed barrier fabric is in controlling weeds and you’ll likely hear that any advantages are outweighed by the shortcomings. However, most will ...

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 ...

Most people don’t enjoy pulling weeds. For most of us, it’s a time waster that burdens an already congested list of chores. While there have been a lot of advancements in weed control, few seem as ...

You may know Bishop’s Weed, Aegopodium podagraria, a member of the carrot family, as goutweed, ground elder and snow-on-the-mountain. Native to Europe and northern Asia, it was brought to North ...

Don’t you love the idea of weed barrier fabric? The notion of something that easily and permanently reduces the growth of weeds so the gardener or landscape professional doesn’t have to spend so much ...

Weeds can be a gardener’s worst nightmare, taking over well-tended beds and competing with your prized plants for nutrients and water. In the quest for a weed-free garden, many homeowners invest in ...

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there could be a way to greatly enhance the use of common breathable fabric weed barriers while reducing overall weeding time," said an inventor, ...

Sheet mulching is one way to deter weeds, using landscape fabric or good old-fashioned cardboard. If you've got neither on ...