Here are five good reasons to never use landscape fabric in your garden. We'll also share better alternatives for suppressing weeds, from cardboard to groundcovers.

When it comes to getting rid of weeds in your garden or landscape without the use of chemicals, there are two great options to choose from: biodegradable mulch and traditional landscaping fabric. Both ...

If you are looking to keep your flower beds or gravel areas in your yard weed-free, you've likely heard that using landscape fabric is the best way to do so. However, you may not have heard about some ...

Landscape fabric may sound like a neat, tidy and easy solution to all your weeding woes, but, as often is the case, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. To be fair, landscape fabric has ...

Landscape fabric is touted as an easy way to control weeds. This plastic fabric blocks weeds and reduces maintenance, goes the thinking. This may be true in the short term, but landscape fabric has ...

Landscape fabric can help suppress weeds but deteriorates over time. Learn more about using and removing landscape fabric before adding fresh mulch to landscape beds.

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