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Obviously no-one has seen my weeds - they're not sweet little well behaved things but giant thugs which wouldn't be remotely slowed down by layers of straw, no matter how organic, leaves, compost, newspaper, that brown paper you can spend your £££s on. I have tried the black polythene mulch but the weeds just see it as a momentary setback, and even grow on top of it. I have sometimes wondered if I should concrete over the lot - but I'm sure some of my weeds would still find a way through
There must be a sensible organic alternative to cardboard or sheet metal. I cut down a load of ferns around a barn but forgot to move them off the grass for a few weeks. When I did move them them the soild beneath was bare. I guess the question is if the ferns were just simply cuts out the light or if whatever leaches out of the ferns would be nasty for the plants we want to grow nearby. We are lucky in July and August as it gets a bit hot so hoeing is easy if not a little dusty.
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