Wat can i do in my flower bed to prevent weeds from growing through?

i have a small area in front of my home that i want to plant flowers. right now it is full of dirt and weeds and i want to plant them without the hassle of digging up weeds constantly. what's the best way ? i've heard of using newspapers to line it with but i dont know. any suggestions ?

Wat can i do in my flower bed to prevent weeds from growing through?
You can buy landscape fabric in a roll and put it down.





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Reply:I had a beautiful floral garden last year. This was my first attempt at gardening. I laborously pulled up all the weeds down to the roots, removed the rocks and stones, and I also pulled up the grass. I did not want to have to cut a lot of grass. After that I turned over the soil, added some top soil with fertilizer and planted my flowers, and bulbs. I then got some regular black garbage bags and split them open. I covered all of the soil with plastic and then I put some bags of red mulch on top. I poked a few holes around my plants and I made sure there was mulch around my plants and seedlings.


I never saw another weed. Those dandelion roots are big and tough. I got so many compliements on my garden. I tried to use a blend of colors and flowers that were annuals and perennials.


The plastic may not be enviro friendly, but I knew it wouldn't allow any sunlight in for the pesty weeds to poke their heads up.





Good luck to you on your garden.
Reply:Weeding needs to be simply put a necessity, barriers across the ground is a good start and I like the newpapers (recycling) myself with a think layer of mulch, I have had the best luck with about a 4 inch layer of a product called soil conditioner. Yes I do still have to do some weeding a couple times throughout the year but with airborne weed seeds this is a common occurance, you may stop the weeds that may already be there but there are more of them to find their way to your clean new planting bed. A good thing is that they are much easier to remove from a worked area than say a lawn type area. The mulch will decompose and create pockets of rich organics that weed seeds love. The dark coloring of the soil conditioner also solorizes the soil cooking some of the weeds seeds before they have a chance to germinate, as well as protecting thengs in cooler times of the year. You will have to reapply in the future it become sort of a ritual thing at least once a year here at my house in the spring, till in the old, and renew. If you want to cut costs on your mulch see what your local tree service does with all their tree shreddings/chippings, you may get it for free, I do.1 truckload a year. There is also a newer produce made from chipped/recycled tires/rubber products, may last longer and lessen weeds further since it in not organic whatsoever, I think it comes in colors also. But this has to be removed to work the soil from year to year, I would not incorporate this into my soil.


Oh well hope this helps
Reply:any home and garden supply store will carry a cloth that is black and will kill the weeds that are currently there and prevent new ones from growing. just roll it out and pin it down then cut a hole where you wish to put your flowers and when you are finished you can cover the whole bed with wood chips or my favorite is river stone
Reply:Turn over your soil and smooth it flat. Lay 3-4 layers of newspapers on the ground and then cut 6-inch holes in the paper for every plant and put your flowers in the soil. Cover the newspaper with 4 inches of shredded cypress mulch. Water the flowers well. the newspaper will keep weed seeds from sprouting and smother any living weeds that didn't die when you turned over your soil.
Reply:you can buy mesh screen from a hardware store like lowes or home dumbo or you can use newspaper. the newspaper is great and is bio-friendly. eventually weeds will come throught the newspaper, but it would be by the end of the season.
Reply:I've always had very good luck with wood chip mulch. Every so often one gets through, but if you have 2 or 3 inches of the stuff, not enough light gets through for germination of seed.

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