I am sick of weeding! I know it’s a never ending battle; I know that as a gardener, I will always have to weed. But seriously, I do not want to spend the majority of my time weeding; that should not be my primary function in life. I know the giant wild field to the north of my
Landscaping fabric around the outside edges of the trellis.
neighborhood will keep blowing weed seeds into my yard. I KNOW the birds will keep pooping weed seeds into my gardens. But I can’t stand it – I have to do something. So I am putting fabric down where ever I possibly can. So Far I’ve gone through 600 feet, at 12′ wide.
Fabric laid down in the pathway, and under the mulch on both sides. All the way to the edging of the Blackberry trellis to the north, and the wildflower meadow to the south.I put fabric under the fire pit before the gravel was added (I don’t have a picture of that step)There is fabric on both sides of the blackberry bed, and moving under the border of the bed into the next garden areaThe entire garden of Pain is covered in fabric: 2 layers under the central hardscape walkway, and 1 layer on both sides of the walkway, with holes cut around the trees and roses.Weed barrier under what will later be the Willow Woman sculptureI laid down two layers of fabric through the north walkway. This area is not finished, but the fabric will give us a dry surface to walk on in the meantime.The future fire feature at the south edge of the dragon gardenAll the mulch was raked away to one side of the space, and then the fabric laid down, mulch spread out on top, and the fabric laid out over the other side. Holes were cut around the low lying squash beds, and an additional 3″of new mulch added on top.
