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Advantages of Weed Barriers for Your Garden

There are two types of weed barriers that you can install in your garden to prevent any unwanted plant growth: plastic and fabric. Plastic barriers are resistant to water while fabric barriers allow water to permeate. Watch this video to find out more. ...More

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There are two types of weed barriers that you can install in your garden to prevent any unwanted plant growth: plastic and fabric.

Plastic Weed Barriers: Since they’re resistant to water, plastic barriers need to have holes cut in them to allow water to permeate.
Fabric Weed Barriers: Will allow water through while blocking the sun from promoting weeds from sprouting up.

To find out more, read our article on How to Install Landscape Fabric and Plastic.

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