Yesterday one neighbor was moaning that he had just spent a fortune on cloth and mulch only to see it float away in the deluge of rain we had last Monday and Tuesday. Was talking with another neighbor today and she just spent about $200.00 on mulch and cloth. Little does she know she will regret that soon!

Now, I use wet newspaper and mulch and I've never looked back. I still find occasional sheets of it when I'm planting that I have to rip out unfortunately..

I went the newspaper route earlier this spring, but that works only so-so -- Bermuda grass will get around it. Have to get down on knees and weed the old-fashioned way (it is good exercise, though).

Guess I'll keep the weed cloth for the paths.
Sylvia

Char.

1. its expensive
2. its a pain to install
3. it makes it difficult to plant
4. mulch will readily slide away
5. there are just as many weeds as before
6. the fine roots of the weeds grow right through the cloth, latch on and become impossible to pull out
7. removing the cloth requires first removing all of the mulch and a whole lotta time and mess
8. every time you remember steps 1 through 7 you feel so dumb because, as a gardener, you already knew that weed seeds come from above. Not below.