I
spent many Saturdays in the spring and summer, along with my family, pulling
weeds so that our yard wouldn’t look like a wild jungle. But even though we spent hours getting rid of
these weeds, it seemed like they were all coming back within a couple of
weeks. One area in particular got so bad
that some of the weeds were killing the plants that we wanted to have in our
yard. Something had to change!
I
had heard of weed fabric before, but when we moved into our home, there wasn’t
any that was installed. I went to work
finding out how much fabric we would need for the different places that had
many weeds. We did what we could to save
the plants that were still alive so that we could replant them once our project
was done.
Once
we had the fabric and other materials purchased, we got to work clearing the
areas where we wanted to prevent weeds.
We laid down the fabric and to ensure that it wouldn’t come up, we
secured it down with fabric “staples”.
We cut out a few holes so
we could put our plants back in the ground.
Once they were all planted, we covered the remaining area with wood
chips-which added some character to the area and also helps to keep the fabric
in place. We worked on other areas in
the yard, using different decorative “toppers”
like wood chips and rocks in other places.
For
the most part, we are weed free! Nothing
can completely stop weeds, but the fabric has done a great job since we have
had it!
