How to prevent weeds without using plastic weedmat
sustainable living blog Where there is a will there is a way How to prevent weeds without using plastic weedmat Look at all the plastic waste I cleared from just one little section - plastic weedmat left behind by prior owners! In New Zealand, if you don't prevent weeds in your garden (yard) they just might grow larger then you! With all the lovely sunlight pouring down, and rain, the biggest challenge when gardening is helping the right species flourish, as every species crowds in where it can. Unless... Non-breathable plastic weedmat (straight plastic) is not a good choice for preventing weeds for this reason. As a weedmat it soon becomes uneffective anyways, as new soil forms over top of the weedmat as plant matter breaks down on top of it. What you end up with is a sandwich of soil, then a layer of plastic pollution, then more soil underneath (but compacted and straining for oxygen, with no earthworms). A better choice is anything that breaks down, like jute weedmat, or they ...