Beginner Gardening: Weeds and Garden beds., 1 by flowAjen

flowAjen wrote:
I find landscape fabric does not work for me at all

I use the layered newpaper method.
Even when starting a brand new bed I don't even dig up the grass or weeds
I start by creating an edge and using pound in edging or the existing stone edging, I 've seen people use bricks, plates and all kinds of things for edging but it helps so grass and weeds don't start growing back into the garden itself
Layer on about 4 sheets of newspaper, overlapping edges, wet entire thing down and put down bricks or stone to hold down, you can leave for awhile till grass and weeds are dead so it's easier to dig the holes thru the paper but it's not necessary.
You did the holes for the plants, add a layer of soil over the paper and mulch the whole thing...you're done...no weeds
here's new extended bed waiting for plants to arrive, about 3 weeks later all planted and a year later
I hardly ever have to pull a weed in beds done like this