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

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 ...

Not only does it kill beneficial organisms, it introduces harmful toxins into your soil and plants.

Tired of hosing the garden? Not so happy about what those sprinklers are doing to the water bill? There’s another way to keep gardens damp that’s both less work and easy on the water budget – drip ...

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 ...

Q: We want to put down weed barrier in our landscape, but we just heard it is not the best idea. Can you explain why and tell us what does work? A: The great debate! I’ll just say it up front, I am ...

For chemical free weed control and for use under mulch, put away the clear or black plastic and get out the polypropylene landscape cloth instead. Known as landscape fabric or garden cloth, there is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gravel on landscaping fabric - photowind/Shutterstock Whether in a large area like a driveway or a small spot like around garden ...