Leigh Adams, a landscape designer for Studio Petrichor, places cardboard around a sprinkler during the sheet mulching workshop at the Maryknoll Sisters retirement home in Monrovia.

Arts & Entertainment Put away the tiller and try earth-friendly sheet mulching for garden beds Sheet mulching uses layers of recycled cardboard and newspaper to smother weeds.

Used as sheet mulching, for example, cardboard can be layered with other materials to create a fresh start in your garden bed.

Sheet mulching is nothing more than applying a thick blanket of wood chips, leaf litter or other plant material layered over cardboard or newspaper. The cardboard smothers the weeds and serves as ...

Laying cardboard down as a weed-killing base works great with mulch. Alas, the same thing that makes it a plus in that case ...

The cardboard layer is placed directly on the target area, ideally after mowing as low as possible, then covered with the browns and greens. Make sure that the cardboard is devoid of any tape or ...

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