Here are five good reasons to never use landscape fabric in your garden. We'll also share better alternatives for suppressing weeds, from cardboard to groundcovers.

Landscape fabric can help suppress weeds but deteriorates over time. Learn more about using and removing landscape fabric before adding fresh mulch to landscape beds.

Landscape fabric can create more headaches than it solves if you put it in the wrong spot. Landscape fabric is touted as an easy way to control weeds. This plastic fabric blocks weeds and reduces ...

Landscape fabric rolled out on one side of a soil plot - Ana Lebiodiene/Getty Images Landscape fabric is often touted as a permanent solution for preventing weeds in gardens, and it's one of the most ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at dgill@agcenter.lsu.edu. What is the best way to install landscape fabric for weed control in a ...