Does landscape fabric help keep weeds out of my garden?

Well …… early on, the answer is yes! However, after a while, it can do more harm than good.

The most common type of landscape fabric is a nonwoven textile made of plastic fibers, often black, that may be perforated with small holes. The use of landscape fabric is based on the idea that it will either physically keep weeds from growing, or that it will keep seeds in the soil from sprouting by blocking the sunlight. The fabric also cannot help with windblown seeds since those will germinate no top of the fabric.

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