Viewing post #2577729 by Intheswamp

Weedwhacker said:It's been a long, long time since I tried using plastic for "mulch," but also found that it was very slippery (and I was a lot more nimble back then...).

Ed you might want to consider using corrugated cardboard, which will break down after a while. Actually, the plastic will also eventually break down from the UV rays, and then it really becomes a mess...

Yeah, I think I'm going to forget about using plastic and go with the fabric, if I do this. One thing about the plastic is that ants might take up residence beneath it. It seems that anything solid laying on the ground they build a village beneath it. I puttered around in the garden this evening...I moved a couple of U-posts that were laying on the ground and an upside-down bucket that was on the ground....ant's all up under these things. I'd really like to try the cardboard but I don't think it'd work because of my ant problem...it's really crazy. So, probably the fabric is my best bet if I decide to go forward with this idea. I dunno...I've gotta finished getting the cucumber trellis out and knock down the tomato cages and then see how the tilling goes. There will be a lot of grass and root grubbing to be done...just like the first of this year after it laid by the end of season last year. It's like a double whammy for me!!! But, one way or the other...it'll be ok. I may just run my tiller all winter long, turning up roots and whatever and hope we have some freezing weather. I can at least maybe keep the weed seeds turned up for the birds to pick over.