Landscape fabric

enchant · May 14, 2021

Over the years, I've never found a decent solution to weeds. I live a couple miles from the ocean and have a great source for all of the salt marsh hay I could possibly use, but it doesn't really do a good job. Last year, I put down a thick layer of the hay, but I wasn't able to put the time into gardening that I normally would, and after a few weeks of ignoring it, it was a mass of weeds.

A few years back, I bought a roll of landscape fabric at a local bargain store. It did a great job of keeping the weeds down, but any rain would roll off it as though it was scotch-guarded.

So I was thinking that perhaps if I wasn't so cheap and bought a decent brand, I might have better luck. There's a Lowes right down the street, but looking at the reviews for their landscape fabric, *everyone* says it's not water permeable. There's a brand on Amazon (ECOgardener) that gets very high marks, and although most people say that it's water permeable, some say it isn't. That bothers me.

Is there a brand that anyone can suggest that will absolutely positively absorb water?

Right now, I'm really only interested in information about landscape fabric. Things similar to salt marsh hay that get spread are kind of a lot of work, especially to clean up, and I'm getting to the age where I'm looking for less work.

May 14, 2021	#1
enchant Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 142	Landscape fabric Over the years, I've never found a decent solution to weeds. I live a couple miles from the ocean and have a great source for all of the salt marsh hay I could possibly use, but it doesn't really do a good job. Last year, I put down a thick layer of the hay, but I wasn't able to put the time into gardening that I normally would, and after a few weeks of ignoring it, it was a mass of weeds. A few years back, I bought a roll of landscape fabric at a local bargain store. It did a great job of keeping the weeds down, but any rain would roll off it as though it was scotch-guarded. So I was thinking that perhaps if I wasn't so cheap and bought a decent brand, I might have better luck. There's a Lowes right down the street, but looking at the reviews for their landscape fabric, everyone says it's not water permeable. There's a brand on Amazon (ECOgardener) that gets very high marks, and although most people say that it's water permeable, some say it isn't. That bothers me. Is there a brand that anyone can suggest that will absolutely positively absorb water? Right now, I'm really only interested in information about landscape fabric. Things similar to salt marsh hay that get spread are kind of a lot of work, especially to clean up, and I'm getting to the age where I'm looking for less work.