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Why landscape fabric is often a bad idea for your garden
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This 2010 image provided by Bugwood.org shows tree roots that have become tangled up in landscaping fabric. When this occurs, root growth is restricted, which negatively impacts tree or plant health. - photo by Joe Murray/Treebio.com/Bugwood.org
Landscape fabric may sound like a neat, tidy and easy solution to all your weeding woes, but, as often is the case, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. To be fair, landscape fabric has its place. Unfortunately, it’s widely misused in most home landscape applications, where it does more harm than good in ornamental beds and around perennials and crops.