ELIMINATE Weeds | Landscape Fabric done RIGHT
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- Here are the links to the fabric and staples I used! Super great material. The best I’ve personally ever used. I really like the two layers of the fabric to prevent large and smaller weeds!
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In today's adventure I'll share some tips and tricks on how to utilize landscape fabric to really get a handle on weeds.
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We all have em.
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Weeds and just any invasive plant can be a pain to deal with.
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Especially if we are trying to grow gardens and berry bushes and fruit trees...we are trying to keep everything organic.
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That's where fabric can really help.
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In this video I'll cover some tips on how to even use fabric as a temporary "clearing" agent to make way for gardens.
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Enjoy!
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Benj aka Gardenguy
I used landscape fabric...ONCE, as soon as dirt sifts over the fabric weeds grow in the new dirt and it is almost impossible to weed. Roots get imbedded into the fabric and it takes HOURS to remove it. I will NEVER use it again
Yikes that sounds like a bad experience. Sorry about that! Sounds like using it for 2 years and then taking it up might be the way to go. That way if you keep thick mulch on top then you could have the benefit of clearing the land of the weeds but then take it up once the area is cleared. Just a thought.
@@gardenguychannel the landscape fabric I used, would also have weeds growing along underneath till they found an opening, or they would just life up the landscape fabric as they got taller. I had a ground cover of 2 inch rock over the fabric. It may work on flat ground, not so good in a rockery. That was 20 years ago to this day I am still removing weeds embedded in landscape fabric. I think I still have some, I would have to check
I put down some fabric, it was to last three years. It didn’t last the summer. So the next year I put down a different one, it was a 10 year guarantee it , didn’t last summer. This year I put down more expensive better stuff and it’s already have weeds growing through it and Bermuda grass. I think I’m through. I had such high hopes. It’s OK Just learning. My last attempt.
I put this kind of fabric in a good 6 years ago and this fabric only last the one year if that. In the middle of lifting all of it again and going to use heavier duty membrane, the old fabric I lifted was covered in weed roots I was forever lifting weeds with the old fabric.
All you have to do when the wood chips are deep enough, is push the weeds with your foot, when small and not yet overgrown. Then they dry up in the wood chip pile or can be easily gathered up. Even push the wood back with your foot.
It's about doing a good job to begin with, then not letting it go.
That bit around the 3:50 mark landed right in my heart, and I am so thankful for stumbling across this video while trying to plan ahead for my walkways and fire pits for my garden. Hope you are doing well.
Thank you, thank you so much. I was searching for how to put down landscape fabric and there you were!!!! Getting ready to lay it down today. Garden guy to the rescue 😀
You are so humble and down to earth, it's kinda hard to come across people like that on youtube. I appreciate not too much sarcasm or attempts at jokes. Straight-up informative video. And you also gave me hope! Finally someone who recommends the use of fabric at least for some time if the weed situation is particularly out of control. I did the cardboard method and had a bad experience, which I'm now realizing by reading the comments, I'm not the only one.
Thank you so much for this video, wish there was more people like you in this world ❤🌎
Great demonstration thanks. Best wishes for great landscaping 2022!
Your demonstration was very good! Thank you and God bless you too!
Zoomies in the back! I look forward to seeing those doggos at the start of every video 🐕
Never thought landscape fabric would be interesting but here we are. Great, informative video as always 🙂
Thank you Fatima. Glad it was helpful.
You're a good instructor, many thanks.
Great tips! Thanks Garden Guy!
Thank you for confirming you can out fabric right on top of old grass instead of digging all that grass out!
I'm staying tuned can't wait
I ❤ your attitude!!!
Great fabric tips.
Great! Thanks for this tutorial, I am going to put my landscape fabric on now! Then rocks over on top!
Smart tips 😀 I also love feeding people who do work for me 😂
Keep that up. We appreciate the kindness
Thank you so much for this video. I have been folding the fabric to try to keep the weeds from penetrating. One thing you taught me is to remove the grass right around the sidewalk to keep them from escaping at the edges. Keep up the great work. I enjoyed your video very much. Have a great day!
I'm so glad it was helpful!
Bless you. You have a good heart
I liked your attitude, but over the year's I haven't had good luck using landscape fabric, actually, bad luck. It was more trouble than it was worth to me. Thank you. John.
Love progress! Learning alot, Thank you
Great to hear!
I am learning in this video thank you so much
No josh and boom ur getting stuff done ✅ hahah just playing I’m excited
Hahaha! Nice one. :)
Love seeing fellow worker bees that love what they do! Keep on bringing the light!
Good practical tips! Looking forward to the fire pit construction as I need to remodel ours next spring.
Glad it was helpful!
Lol. I love that u don’t give a shit about how ur clothes look like, what u do give a shit about is the quality of ur work. 👍🏽 keep beautifying the world! #respect
I did the cardboard weed barrier this year and even did a second layer of both card board & mulch. It was totally pointless. Grass & some kind of creeping weed took over my garden. So, this video was much appreciated!
Glad this helped. Yes we need to adjust our methods based off of what existing weeds we are dealing with.
To get of grasses you mulch needs to be 12inches deep
I like you vibe Dude.
If you ever come to Australia, I would love to feed you while you work in my garden👍
Great work btw haha
Great job today.
Thank you! Cheers!
Good educational video.
When we first moved to our place i noticed there were wild violets. I was so happy. I love violets. Only thing is i did not know how invasive wild ones are. I kept digging them out along the length of the garden and also in the garden. Next year i think there were twice as many. I had no idea they had closed buds under the surface so once they popped through the snow they were blooming. Jokes on me. Now we no longer garden and they have taken over once again. LOLOL Even though i am not able to garden anymore i still like to watch your videos to see the right way to do things.
I'm glad! Hang in there. Put plastic down next year to make way for a future garden if ya want to.
I know exactly what you're talking about I have that problem too! They are very invasive and spread very fast
Keep up the great work 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
You are so cute while eating snacks. Keep up the good work
I put plastic down behind my shed to stop the blackberries coming back, its worked well, I lifted the plastic to check and there are worms everywhere under there....
Is there a part 2 to this video where he finishes the project? I really enjoyed learning from this video!
ty i learned alot from yhis annd i have alot of bermuda grass
We hired some of my son's basketball buddies to tackle a neglected part of our yard this summer and it was so much fun to feed them well - they were so appreciative! You are doing such a great job with the laurel hedge! I have a better idea about how to lay weed barrier next time I tackle that chore - thank you!
I used two layers of a thick brown weed barrier paper in one area of my garden where we tend to struggle with violets a lot. I put a thick layer of mulch over it and so far it's working out really well. The paper hasn't started to break down yet like I know it will eventually, but it's not going to add degrading plastic to the soil, just wood fiber. I lifted the edge and I still see some perennial weed roots but the grass is gone and there are oodles of earthworms.
I love oodles of earthworms!
@@gardenguychannel so do my guys when they want to go fishing!
Hey Gardenguy..i rent a home, love to play in the dirt, my 2 cats keep me company. I pwr.washed the 3 panel stockade fence, dug out the soil/weeds/grass, trenched under it. Weeds grew all under it. No plants going in. Keeping it simple, cutting back on the work due to back issues. Laid plastic, laid med. strength woven cloth..about to lay mulch but not sure how to tuck the cloth in. The edge will butt up along with the "lawn" i will seek free bricks to trim off but if i dont find any how can i lay the mulch and not have it blow onto the "lawn" if possible? BTW - so glad to see u notice and give ur dogs love, it meas so much. I help senior citizen with their landscaping as well. It's great to see how happy they are. Ursula
Heavy tarp is good too.
I saw those toes! New boots are in order!
I know! You're right. I'm just trying to get allllll the wear out of them I can. :)
You’re pretty Tight!!! A beginner in this field myself.
I Subscribed because you took a moment for your 2 Dogs. =)~ I initially tuned in because I have an area behind a fence, which borders a dry canal-- which I have Cleared many times because the City does not-- and it's beginning to Cost me a LOT Of money. I wish to God I had started out knowing about "Woven Mesh." But you can bet this is the way I will go next time I clear it. Also, I am 5'4" and need to purposely wear higher pants to give me the appearance of having some height. =) While I tend to agree wearing pants is a pro to protect our legs, I tend to end up wearing shorts when I do the yard work anyway just to keep cooler here in Florida.
Liked your video! I bought about 10 rolls of landscape fabric from Walmart when they had seasonal sale last year. It is not heavy duty like you had. I want to know if I double the fabric when I lay it down will it still have the same effect as the heavy duty one that you bought?
You may want to consider hydrotilling back from the edges followed by a 30% vinegar pour before pinning down those landscape fabric edges. Hyrdrotilling also opens up a new line of services as a landscaper.
Yeah I'm starting to compiled vinegar and I will use that idea as well I'm not a landscaper I'm kind of doing this on my own but I don't want to have to cut grass or weeds out of the patio area
I didn’t realize this was gonna be a whole life story. I just wanted to see landscape fabric
You’re doing a great job Benjamin. I think over time I’d rather use the plastic mulch than the fabric. From my experience, Bermuda grass will find a way to get through the fabric but very rarely will it come through the plastic mulch.
Thank you Paul. Whatever works best for ya. As long as your plants can somehow get watered through the plastic.
Plastic with mulch on top, or plastic mulch?
I just used rubber mulch. Hoping to have years before I need to touch up my yard
Never used plastic mulch. Hmmm
@@juanitajennings7947 the river rocks on top of the heavy garden paper is good too. For large areas I’m having good success with thick tarp.
This was really informative and easy to follow.
Hi.. at 11:35, I think u could be faster if u cut a horizontal slit on the second fabric where each shrub is, and just slide the entire fabric sheet over. It'll save some time
When dealing with Bermuda grass you have to put fabric down. It grows thru even 3 layers of cardboard. My Dad tried to flame burn it, but that didn’t work! Great job!
Hey Tricia. Yeah Bermuda grass is a tough one. Have to take serious measures.
@@gardenguychannel Maybe an alternative is treat it like it's dangerously radioactive. Except for what comes after lifting it. Dig up however deep what you want rid of will not grow from, sterilize that dirt in an oven or other method if there is a better one, then put it back.
So ive got weedy beds in front of house that were never really landscaped. Rather than removing all weeds woth a shovel. Im guessing i could go ahead and plant landscape shrubs and trees than come on top of weeks like you did with fabric and mulch.
I have Bermuda grass. It’s difficult to find a balance of a good landscaping fabric that keeps the weeds out, but allows water to penetrate
If I want to start a garden can I put the fabric right over the current weeds like you did in this video or should I try to till up the ground first? Then put the fabric down?
New subscriber here🤗
I'm testing this method of eradication of unwanted invasive grasses with planting other wanted invasive plants.
Great thought.
@@gardenguychannel what are your thoughts on the use of round up?
I really needed to know how to put landscape fabric down because I feel like all these years I have been doing it wrong. Thank You so much. Also thank you for the tip on Lavender being a mosquito repellent plant I didn’t know that. We are buying a new homestead in Tennessee and you guys probably have a lot of them because of all the rain you get. They love to eat my husband. Will be planting a lot of those around the homestead. Also could you show us what Bermuda grass looks like? Is it what the west calls crab grass? Can’t wait to move to Tennessee.
Hey Nicole! where are you moving to in TN? Welcome!
I'm glad the video was helpful to you. crab grass is a different type of grass. I'll try to do a video sometime on common grasses/weeds and how to address them. Check bermudagrass out on google and that should give a an idea. Blessings!
Hello Garden Guy,
We are moving to Pinson, TN. We should close on our house sometime this month but might not move to TN until January.
Mosquito Dunks and Mosquito Bits. I thought I had problems when I had crabgrass!
I watched this and realized the right way to do this was the way my horticulutre teacher did it... a 7" thick layer of pine straw. Anything that can come up throught hat, run a headgetrimmer over it or pull it up.
Did YoU make a Salad yet show us cooking with garden guy sometime
Hey Paris! YOU'RE SO SMART! I'm putting out a salad-eating video tomorrow! Watch for it at 2:30. It'll be fun!
@@gardenguychannel I’ll hold u to that time
A sprayer and weed killer helps prevent unwanted growth. I know it’s not environmentally friendly, but it definitely helps the fabric do its job a little better.
Hi I tried many chemical to kill of horsetail weed , I failed. Only builders thick membraine worked.
A shovel and work will also remove weed prior to installing landscape fabric if you are not into killing everything, plants insects worms birds etc.
Hey Gardenguy,, Thank you for this video. So don't bother pulling the weeds below? Just apply the fabric over them and smother them out?
Hi there, it's a pain to control weeds. I am starting again to put new blue grass. But is it ok to leave weed liner underneath blue grass? Ty
You're doing a wonderful job I have a question what's the difference in using landscaping fabric versus tarp
The fabric allows water through whereas the tarp does not. This means the plants you install will not get enough water.
7:29 those shoes though! Wish I could send you some new boots.
Hahaha! Yes I tried to get all the use out of them :)
@@gardenguychannel good for you. Thanks for the great video.
Did I miss somethin? I thought you had a Salad Video comin out today my friend ? LOL 😂
Hey Jona! Every Saturday is the plan.
Yeahhhhh buddy
You got there first!
We just got our back yard done. It is on a slope so we had to have a rock wall and we put rocks with landscape tarp underneath so we dont have grass on the upper part of the area. But I want to put bushes in the ground like a blueberry, rhubarb, etc. Should we cut a circle in the fabric to plant the bush then put a landscape ring around the plant so it can get water? Because covering it back up with the tarp wont allow it to get water but we dont want grass or weeds to grow up by the plant.
Hi Carrie. If it is permeable you should be good as far as water goes. If it isn't I would defiantly cut out a 2-3 foot in diameter circle where the plants are planted. If the plants are close to the edge then that'll help because the rain water will soak in on the edges. Hope this helps! God bless.
a good one video 👍 how old are you Garden Guy ? just asking 😄
quarter of a century! :) 25
What type of staple gun did you use
I put a silver tarp down for three years , as soon as I took it off the damn weeds started growing again
I live in a termite area and I was told not to use any cellulose based materials like cardboard Bec they do attract termites close to the foundation of house. I have used landscape fabric and it worked well BUT it must be properly placed and tacked down and then a good layer of mulch. Chintz out and u will be sorry!
I’m in the same boat with the cardboard. I put some down in a area away from the house to temporarily store potted plants from nurseries. Sure enough, in no time the cardboard was riddled with termites. I won’t even use wood mulch by our foundation for fear of attracting those darned things. I don’t much care for gravel as mulch so I’m using washed shell. Here’s hoping it doesn’t go horribly wrong!
I have layers of cardboard down many many layers until I can get a tarp or I really can't afford the landscaping fabric
Would you mind saying what a job like this cost?
I believe for super stubborn weeds/grass, a second layer of cardboard and then mulch/compost is recommended to rob them of light.....supposed to eventually "give up"?? 😊🌿🪴
Nope. Not Bermuda grass. I'm the one he had the conversation with. I put cardboard in layers and about six tons of mulch down. I had your typical multi weedy multi grassy kind of southern yard. I now have Bermuda (and dandelion an edible bonus I can live with!) in that area, less than a quarter acre. it started off as a small patch of Bermuda here and there growing through the mulch and then completely took over within less than a year. Imagine trying to dig through inches of mulch to pull out Bermuda. It ain't going to happen.
So....
I've now laid heavy commercial grade mil black silage tarp on an 24'x24' area since about April and away from the failed cardboard/mulch project. We pulled it back about a month and a half ago (after ~6 months) and the Bermuda grass started coming back in a patch about 2'x4'. We've laid the tarp down again.
We have some commercial farm grade woven weed blocker ready to lay down in that 24'x24' plot once the Bermuda grass is either killed or pulled by hand. We are in an experimental mode right now.
Let me stress again that both the silage tarp (ldpe) and landscape fabric are NOT available at a box store. They are heavy duty commercial grade materials that will last year/s without breaking down due to rips or sun damage. I actually have the heavy duty landscape blocks on the plastic tarp. Wind got under it when we first laid it down and it went flying around the blocks in the center for a couple of hours before I could take care of it. I thought for certain there would be rips in the plastic but there were none. Again, this is a very heavy mil commercial product. I wouldn't waste my money on the cheap box store stuff.
@@jennifern2805 good to know, I have some super stubborn areas too... 😊🌿🌱
@@robinhazeslip1800 Good luck to all of us suffering BG, not to be confused with THE Bee Gees. Although both are 🎶🎶🎶Staying Alive, Staying Alive Ah ha ha ha (it seems to say.)🎶🎶🎶
Preen , It we’ll be your best friend. Won’t kill existing weeds, but we’ll stop any seed germination for six months. Then add. Preen. Check it out.
Hey bud the stuff you got is non-woven geotextile. The first one you touched in the nursery was woven.
I got both. But you're right! Thank you for clarifying. I'll have to change my terminology next time. Thanks again!
Couldn't you leave the raspberry bushes? Or did they not want them? Who doesn't love raspberries?
Hey Susan. Great question. They were actually blackberries but they had gotten to where they were not productive anymore. So they had to go sadly.
How often do you have to turn over or replace your blade working with this?
Fairly often haha!
I have horse tail in my garden how do you tackle it I’m in Lancashire England
Hey Christine! I have never had to deal with horse tail. However, my guess would be to either pull it out by the root or cut it down fully then cover with a thick plastic or fabric.
Hope that helps!
I love horsetail, it’s an amazing plant! It’s tough to get rid of.
Cardboard under the fabric
Staple it down with what?
nice shoes
I would have cleaned the area by removing all stumps and weeds prior to applying the weed barrier
Wood chips attract lots of ants where I live. Need a fabric covering with rocks, or is there another covering that does not attract carpentry ants.
Pigs ...are u allowed to have that for that area u need cleared
That would be nice but I don't think Ill get any for my limited space.
STAPLES. Never heard of using staples. I think of PAPER for a report for school.. THANK YOU.
Miss seeing you with the 4 CHILDREN at the RHODES HOME. YOU were so good with them. And they with you.
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They're the best kiddos!
i despise that weed tarp, weeds love that stuff in florida. if you do it perfectly it will sort of work for about a year, total nightmare once the weeds embed their roots in the fabric, if you want to add some plants later that garbage will make it extra difficult
Your fabric is 1.5oz or 5 oz?
I believe it is 5 oz.
You need to review the meaning of the word "woven."
What’s the dogs name ?
The white one is CREAM and the darker one is COFFEE. :)
Spectacide grass and weed killer then put down weed barrier
Why didn’t he clear the weeds out then lay the fabric?
Roundup....Just kidding......
Are those the shoes of a dude, of a frugal person, or of a gardener? Or is it all three. No shade, not an insult. You can tell what you like but be careful or you might end up needing orthotics when you get older. Just a tip since you’re helping teach me something (I learned that the hard way).
Haha yes all the above! Yes I’ve thrown those away. Thank you!
paper or cardboard under the leaves or wood chips work better because you do not need to take it back up and it will kill all the weeds the same before it starts breaking down,. I myself will never again use landscape fabric one of the biggest gimmicks ever told and sold.
To talk hands free a little fanny pack for my phone and a blue tooth earbuds gang around my neck. There are some that if you don't want earbuds in ears you can choose speaker. Then you can say hey "google call" and not have to use hands.
hi-pressure wash that sidewalk next to the house
HEy Nancy. I think that's their plan.
landscape fabric is good to use for a year to smother weeds, then it should be taken, adn plants/seeds planted. Leaving landscape fabric and puting mulch over it isnt the brightest idea.
I cut it with scissors.
Hate bermuda grass! 😡 Doug from Doug and Stacys channrl turned me on to recycled billboard signage. Yep, the stuff that put on those billboards along the highway. Thick woven vinyl. Part of my garden has this with rocks on top and part has this with shredded bark on top. Gravel=no weeds on top, shredded bark=weeds growing on top. Still dealing with Bermuda grass along the edges. . And lastly, Benj, invest in new gardening shoes. Or, if you’re like any guy i know, duck tape works. 😏
Yep I might need to invest in some good duck tape. Haha! Just kidding. I know they're truly falling apart. I'll get some eventually. :)
@@gardenguychannel Great vid, but I have to admit I checked through the comments looking for something about the shoes. haha They must be a fave pair :)
You are beautiful
What're thossssse?!😂