Now that the garden is fenced in, it is time to install the woven weed fabric in the vegetable garden. This weed barrier will make gardening a more pleasant experience, because there will way less weeds. We are reusing the woven ground cover from last year, as well and laying down new weed fabric to cover the entire garden area. We will secure it to the ground with landscape staples and fasten it to the sides the raised beds with furring strips. When we are done, most of the ground will be covered except the small holes we will plant our vegetable plants in.
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When I tried to burn and cut my weed fabric it would shrivel so bad, yours didn’t seem to do it. Wonder if it was a dud, it was Dewitt sunbelt
Nice setup
Think I would stick with the heavy duty staples, pre fabricated. I bought 200 6” from amazon for $15. They are very heavy wont bend. great investment if you don’t have time to make your own. Loved the video though… thanks for sharing your great garden adventure!
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What brand of fabric did you use. Looks great. I have a new lot that I’m doing this with. Great info.
Can you leave it all down for the winter?
What brand and model fabric
What is the name of the actual fabric product ?
You should use furring strips on the fence also.
Before I saw you make the staples I was thinking damn them some crazy as staples. Where do u get them? Lol. Nice job.
I love it! So neat & clean
Shouldnt u have added compost first? We can't grow anything in our colorado soil without compost
Nice garden my kind of garden did my hole back yard like that cores my yard is only 50×50 with stone love weed free.
That drone shots sweet.
Thanks for the video, you gave me some good ideas 💡 👍
You're obviously in it for the long haul.
I'm about to give this stuff a try. Just delivered yesterday and not yet installed. My primary problem is torpedograss, and absolutely vicious weed. I hope it can't get through the good fabric I've purchased, but time will tell.
Dayum, crafting your own staples is pretty ambitious. They don't cost that much.
Do you pull that up every year or leave it through the winter?
How big is the garden?
What brand of fabric?
What weight?
UV resistant?
Thanks
What brand is this fabric? I’ve been looking for something heavy duty like this and in big rolls!
So it's not as hard as this. Just. Rototil. Your. Grass. In your. Home. Yard. Smooth soil. With dirt. Rake. Buy organic. Liquid. Fish emuulsin. Fert. Immulsion. Buy 10 by. 50. Ft. Role. Of. This. Fabric. Lay down fabric. Burn. Holes. In. Fabric plant. 700. Plants. In. Small. Garden. Enough to. Feed. 3 people for 4 months
Nwo. Hates. This. Channel. A small garden. Can. Create. Huge. Amounts. Of. Organic. Food
Where did you get your staples? What brand? I am in Canada and my fabric keeps blowing up. My staples are not that wide. Oh never mind I just watch more of the video. Thanks for that tip on making my own staples. I am on that!
We just rototilled the garden so the dirt and compost is very fluffy. If I roll the fabric out on the fluffy dirt every time I step on it my foot will sink into the dirt. How do I deal with this? Might be a weird question but my husband and I want to do this correctly! Thanks for your help.
You have raised garden beds. What are these for? To grow plants for transplanting,? What about growing carrots and onions? Do you plant them somehow in the nursery cloth. What kind of cloth do you use? I'm new at this with a lot of questions. I don't want my hubby doing a lot of work only to find out we need to do differently. Sorry for all the questions but it's time to use the garden planner and get my gardens going! Any help would be appreciated.
Love your set up. My wife and I are going to do something similar. I think where your man gate, and the tractor gate are, would be easiest if we put 6×6 in the ground to make a spot to attach the weed barrier to, to give a clean edge for mowing outside. 😊😊😊
I have a couple questions. #1 How would you use the woven weed fabric for perennials that are already established? Like rhubarb, strawberries, dill, chives
etc? I have fought weeds (especially canada thistle) for long enough! I want to try this method next year. But one end of my garden plot is entirely perennials. I dont think i would want to dig them up just to replant them in the hole made in the woven fabric. What would you suggest?
#2 I can see planting tomato plants or something in those holes you make, but how would you plant things like peas, corn, or carrots? Those are usually planted in rows not just in holes.
Please ? where did you purchase your weed fabric from ? and also the material for the staples Please, Some how I missed when and if you said this in your video. Love all of your you tub videos. Please when you have time. Thank you.
Very nice. I'm going to use the woven landscape fabric for my garden beds next spring and have learned a lot from your video. The weeds have about killed me this spring/summer. Thanks for sharing.
i like the Perimeter fence. id pit pavestones to walk on down.👍
id put cedar woodchips around plants, and plant some aromatic plants like Lavendar to repel Mosquitos and pesty insects
I have seen many brands and grades of woven weed fabrics. What brand is yours as well as grade? Thanks!
Perhaps I missed it – but do you mind sharing the brand of cover…and specifically the mil/thickness?
Where do you get it whats the brand name? What do you use to make those little holes for the plants??