There are many ways to suppress weeds from ruining your edible garden, but this one comes with serious considerations and ...

Most people don’t enjoy pulling weeds. For most of us, it’s a time waster that burdens an already congested list of chores. While there have been a lot of advancements in weed control, few seem as ...

Tired of hosing the garden? Not so happy about what those sprinklers are doing to the water bill? There’s another way to keep gardens damp that’s both less work and easy on the water budget – drip ...

Many homeowners use landscape fabric (also called weed barrier) throughout their landscapes to minimize weeds. Landscape fabric restricts the light required for weed germination (since weeds seeds are ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at dgill@agcenter.lsu.edu. What is the best way to install landscape fabric for weed control in a ...

"The Market Gardener," by Jean-Martin Fortier, is a compendium of Les Jardins de la Grelinette's proven horticultural techniques and innovative growing methods, with low-tech, high-yield production ...

It’s great that many people are replacing lawns with low-water landscaping. But along with trees not getting adequate water, one concern is the widespread use of weed-barrier cloth, including at the ...