Don’t Use Landscape Fabric!!! Installing Burlap Weed Barrier in the Woodland Garden
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Landscape Fabric and other plastic mulch fabric is terrible for the soil ecosystem, for plants, for the planet. It also has a way of working itself to the surface and is super unattractive. It’s also a giant pain to remove.
Burlap, newspaper, cardboard are some of the many ecological and effective weed barrier options you can use instead of plastic sheeting. I talk you through tips for how to use burlap as a weed barrier as I install it in my Mother’s Woodland Garden.
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Burlap is a great idea that I will be keeping an eye out for. I use cardboard similarly (plain, undyed and with any tape removed)
I did put down landscape fabric when we first moved in, but am in the process of replacing that and refreshing the wood chips on top of it.
We also use the plastic bags that our pet food/cat litter comes in as a quick weed stop, to freeze growth in an area, then we can pull it up after a few weeks (before it’s deteriorated at all) and pull up the weeds and work on the space. We have the plastic bags anyway, so we try to come up with ways to use them.
Oh using pet food bags is a great way to temporarily smother weeds. Thanks for the suggestion! Awesome when we can reuse resources. :)
@@ParkrosePermaculture I agree. If any of the bags have clear plastic or are dark you can also use them to warm up the soil sooner for planting.
Your mom’s garden is very pretty. You’re a good daughter keeping it up for her.
A great video. I am sorry you lost your mother. She is proud watching you from heaven though.
It has been over a year since you posted this video so I was curious on how things turn out for you and what changes you would have made with the experience you gained on this method? Thanks for your time if you reply.
She's facing felonies for participating in antifa riots...
What a beautiful garden your mother created.
Beautiful!! Your mother thanks you! 💜🌎✌
The plastics people invented landscape fab.
Oh, Angela, I'm so sorry for your loss of your mom. You're so young to have lost a parent. I don't know if you planned it that way, but this video is really a beautiful tribute to her. Very touching. Thank you so much for sharing her lovely garden with us. All of your hard work, makes that gorgeous street view shimmer in the sun.
Your dad, is fortunate to have you as a daughter. I lost my life partner of 36yrs, and it's an adjustment that isn't easy. I'm certain you're a source of joy to him.
It's funny to me how every time I think of something having to do with what I'm working on in my garden, you post a video on the subject. I'm always eager to hear what you have to say.
About a month ago, I obtained some burlap bags, to use in my garden. They're an old resource, that is useful in so many ways, and you're so right about their use as weed suppression. It's satisfying when you know you're doing something good for the Earth, while still cultivating beautiful, living things.
I specifically obtained burlap bags, to line a couple of old laundry baskets, for planting my potatoes this year. Having moved to a completely different state about ten days ago, coupled with the near sterile dirt in this arid, high desert I find myself in, is proving a challenge for growing anything in the current gardening season. Raccoons, are apparently to be the bane of my existence. Until I figure out where to source supplies to create the food forest I'm dreaming of, I've got to make do with what's in my arsenal, and burlap bags and the appropriate choice.
BTW.... I'm going to wager a wild guess, that those "planters," are old cast iron sewer rings, that sat at the junction of two pipes. But that's just an old lady's guess.
It'll be very interesting, if you ever do find out what they really are. If you know an old, retired plumber, ask them if they've seen these in their line of work. The rings remind me of the sewer pipes in the basement of my childhood home, in the old part of downtown, Chicago.
I'm looking forward to seeing what you've got planned in your garden, for the remaining leaf mold.
Thank you!
Oh I will tell my dad about the rings! I think he’s going to set them out for the metal salvage guy who comes by but we were trying to figure out what they could be from!
Black landscape fabric was the worst thing I did in my garden. Weeds grew through and on top of it. I was not able to use a shovel to dig out the weeds because of the fabric. I had to pry and pull the now heavy fabric stuck to the soil by roots underneath and weighed down by weeds on top. The product should be banned. BTW, your mother thanks you for taking care of her garden.
What a great idea. What is that beautiful yellow flowering tree? It’s gorgeous
Yes! That is an absolutely beautiful yellow tree! What or type of tree is this blooming , the beautiful yellow bloom?
10 years, really? It didn't last 1 year in my worm bin, which would have been great, except that there are strings that don't break down as fast and get entwined in stuff. You have got that garden looking super nice.
I have been pulling plastic out of my yard for two years. It is a scourge-our generation’s lead additive. I didn’t realize jute takes so long to break down. I am excited about the possibilities.
This is better than cardboard! Cardboard is often chemically treated. It's also so thick that it suppresses oxygen for worms, etc.
fabric scissors work amazing to cut the burlap
Ah thank you. I needed this tip
Question, if you put the compost on top of the burlap, do the nutrients from the compost get down to the soil?
I love the smell of burlap
Tip: cut out the seams and strings. They don't decompose as well and become a mess.
I bought my house at the end of last summer. I was cleaning up and prepping garden spaces a week ago and pulled up a bunch of black plastic. Yuck!!! Terrible stuff. Your mom's gardens look beautiful ❤️
Ugh! That’s happening to me too! I bought our house almost two years ago and when I started to tackle planting front beds I found it all covered in black plastic. I kinda got discouraged planting out front knowing I’d have to tackle that everywhere I dug. Focusing more on the back yard, and dreading the front, knowing I must get it all out. Good luck with yours!
Hey there! What have your experiences been with using burlap vs cardboard for sheetmulching in terms of weed suppression? I’m wondering if burlap having lots of voids will allow grass to grow through when applying on living sod. I’ve used cardboard many times with great success, but am considering purchasing burlap rolls so i don’t have to constantly source cardboard. I’m a landscaper so I do this at scale and cardboard just isn’t that feasible. Any thoughts would be so appreciated thanks
you can buy rolls of corrugated cardboard!
Thank you for posting this!! 💯percent better. 🎉 🌳 👍
Landscape fabric sucks. It really does not prevent weeds unless you have something else on top of it, so you could just use that instead.
They are steel manhole housings. There would have been a steel access lid that sits in the recessed bit. Old sewer access, cable access etc.
Ooooo! I was just pricing out landscape fabric when I found this! We have a ton of burlap that my husband got for his fig trees that is the perfect size for the paths that are giving me so much trouble! I’m going to put a layer of cardboard down underneath, to block light, burlap in one or two layers, and two inches of shredded trees! It should look so much better than angry dying grass! Plus I never have to pull up a layer of plastic!
Im going to use old bedsheet to supress canadian thistle in my garden beds.
Thank you for this Angela, I use cardboard but will look out for some burlap bags 💚
I use cardboard as much as burlap. Both work super well in my experience!
The metal rings look similar to water line fittings. The material used to seal the joint was called oakum, which I believe was industrial hemp. Let me know what if you have if this might be the use.
Such a beautiful landscape!
Where did you purchase the leaf mould? It's really nice looking stuff! Thanks for sharing!
it's free from the city the week of Earth Day! As much as you like!
@@ParkrosePermaculture Oh; wow! Out off 33rd & Columbia/Marine Dr?
We have weeds that get through cardboard and got through burlap.... just gonna take time for us
Still grown with herbicide and pesticide. Fine if someone gives you preused bags but don't go buy the stuff.
Yeah, I’m too cheap to go buy it. :). I definitely use cardboard a lot.
That’s a great point about whether they are grown with conventional methods or organic ones. I hadn’t really thought about whether an organic coffee roaster has any obligation to use organic bags for their beans. Probably not, but interesting to think if the organic mindset and methods could extend to the packaging as well.
Hello!!! I miss the old parkrose neighborhood!!! Currently we live in Europe, but your video brought back memories!!! Wish you the best!!!!!
You're so wise
Thanks so much. Been using burlap for a weed suppressant but didn't know all the great nutrients that went into the soil until your wonderful video! Also was wondering about the sequence of layer & you answered that question perfectly! Thanks again!
The iron rings look like some sort of plumbing / sewer pipe...?
How many years burlap last as weed barrier in raised garden bed? Thanks
She said many years.
I liked the idea of burlap . Looks good. But i don"t see anything to eat.
Your mothers garden and yard is so beautiful and tranquil. I am glad you are keeping her efforts alive. The thing that struck me the most, to be honest, is that you honor her style, her passion, her loves, her preference in plant material and style and did not attempt to make it a food forest or some thing else synonymous with Pirma culture gardening.And I think in letting it be what it is is the most honoring respectful thing you could do for your mothers Hardwork and passion. I just wanted to tell you I noticed. Well done.
Great idea! Some years ago we used old coconut matting to cover the broad path that divided our garden beds. It suppressed weeds really well. We had had the matting for decades. It originally carpeted the living room of our first home. I sewed the strips together to cover the width of the room. We had stored it in the attic for years and had never had a use for it until I thought of using it to cover the path.
Do you think it'll keep down bindweed?
Maybe you should try wetting the area where you will be cutting so it wouldn't make mess.
Love the idea
This looks really good. I am inspired to replace the landscape fabric on this property. How do you recommend making leaf mold?
You can just put your leaves in garbage bags over the winter or you can compost them in a compost bin but use some thing to weigh them down. I like getting the leaf mold from the city because I’m often worried about what people put in their yard waste bins, and I know that tree leaves are much less likely to be contaminated. Plus, it is free during Earth Day week here in Portland
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would cotton sheets work as well?
Yes!!
They are tire rims from years gone by