I live in San Francisco. Neighbors do not care for their backyards so there is a lot of wind borne critters, aphids, and seeds. It is impossible to keep weeds from starting and due to limited time I decided to install weed block and cover it with mulch. Directions for weed block are to get the fabric pretty darned close to the base of the plant. Mulch says soak for 24 hours. Done em both as best I can, so the block is kinda tight and the first bag of mulch now weighs a ton. I noticed that the water in the mulch is pooling and is not soaking through the fabric. My question is how the heck do I water? Some of my plants are real drinkers, like the Artichoke. Is the bulk of the water just going to sit on top of the fabric... forever?
