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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Your tidy rock bed looks low maintenance on day one, then a season or two later it morphs into a stubborn patch of crabgrass, dandelions, and mystery seedlings. The same stones that were supposed to ...

Layer these materials on the bottom of your raised beds to reduce weeds and other garden problems.