Installing Woven Weed Barrier in the Vegetable Garden
Installing Woven Weed Barrier in the Vegetable Garden
Now that the garden is fenced in, it is time to install the woven weed fabric in the vegetable garden. This weed barrier will make gardening a more pleasant experience, because there will way less weeds. We are reusing the woven ground cover from last year, as well and laying down new weed fabric to cover the entire garden area. We will secure it to the ground with landscape staples and fasten it to the sides the raised beds with furring strips. When we are done, most of the ground will be covered except the small holes we will plant our vegetable plants in.
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Great job Evan. I LOVE IT.
I’m about to give this stuff a try. Just delivered yesterday and not yet installed. My primary problem is torpedograss, and absolutely vicious weed. I hope it can’t get through the good fabric I’ve purchased, but time will tell.
Dayum, crafting your own staples is pretty ambitious. They don’t cost that much.
An alternative is cardboard/brown paper rolls and 12 inches of wood chip. Virtually all weeds will be killed off. It absorbs water when it rains and slowly releases it. Best yet it all compost down and is 100% biodegradable. Helps keep squashes from rotting just like straw wood, you can plant in it (check out Jane’s prigioni yt channel) makes it nice and clean to walk on. Even if a weed grows through it is easy to pick out…. check out Richard perkins ridgedale farm.
What do you think of building a raised bed on top of the fabric? Would the fabric inhibit the growth of the plants, especially vegetables? Thanks
Looks great guna make life easier
I know this has nothing to do with this episode but I was watching the chicken processing video and was wondering if you could give me the plans for that chicken tractor?
Hi there whats make of your fabric the one i get only lasts a year.
Sorry for resurrecting an old post but I just stumbled across it. 4200 sq ft garden here and going to try the woven fabric this year. My fabric is 6ft x 300ft and I’ll just cut to length. My question (didn’t see it in any of the previous comments) is how hot does the black fabric get during the heat of summer? Our Oklahoma sun beating down on black material looks like it could create a sauna….
GREAT work on the design, layout and video work btw! Love all your videos.
Think I would stick with the heavy duty staples, pre fabricated. I bought 200 6” from amazon for $15. They are very heavy wont bend. great investment if you don’t have time to make your own. Loved the video though… thanks for sharing your great garden adventure!
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Shouldnt u have added compost first? We can’t grow anything in our colorado soil without compost
Awesome garden my wife and i are jealous lol
That’s a pretty massive garden! I’d like to do a big garden like that. We have the room, but I have no time to can, and my wife won’t do it. Maybe some day — looking fantastic 😊
Before I saw you make the staples I was thinking damn them some crazy as staples. Where do u get them? Lol. Nice job.
It looks great but I’m curious how do amend the soil , I guess you pull it up and put it back down?
well I’ll just say this…….I’d even live in Illinois to live on that property, and I’m just a couple hrs away in Indiana along the wabash also😘
I totally agree with you. In the long run this will help tremendously with weeding. I’m doing this now so next summer will be no weeds. I’m using this in my walkways between my existing beds an not going to plant in these.
I love your set up and putting composting bens and a potting shed sounds perfect and another time saver having everything you will need close by. It has to feel very satisfying having your raised bed garden basically completed for your growing season.
Every time he says “weed”, take a drink.
would this help keep Voles out of the garden beds?
What brand of fabric did you use. Looks great. I have a new lot that I’m doing this with. Great info.
You should use furring strips on the fence also.
Put compost in the raised beds and compost tea over the garden area, problem solved…..
Great job on the video, hoping to use that material some year soon on our garden. I’ve heard it’s best to pull it up each year so the weeds can’t take hold and grow through, is that something you think will be a problem? I guess there are people who do both, not sure what we will do about that, but excited to be able to get some. Furring strips, awesome idea. Should be nice!
Can you leave it all down for the winter?
This is what I want also figure lay it all out put my raised beds on top and my walk ways put my black woodchips my uncle suggested I also put it on top of my above ground beds it’s what he did also and never has to weed. Saves time and our backs as we’re no spring chicks anymore. Thanks for sharing
Please do a follow up video curious how it works out
When I tried to burn and cut my weed fabric it would shrivel so bad, yours didn’t seem to do it. Wonder if it was a dud, it was Dewitt sunbelt
Nice garden my kind of garden did my hole back yard like that cores my yard is only 50×50 with stone love weed free.
Thanks for the video, you gave me some good ideas 💡 👍
You’re obviously in it for the long haul.
Wow, beautiful, but any idea just how much money you have invested in the vegetable protection?
Indoor garden and microscope. Look at the trees around your property.
That drone shots sweet.
What size are your staples
Everything is looking fabulous. I’ve been following you since day 1 and everything is coming along so beautifully ❤️ my only wish is that you DID put the cloth down in you raised beds due to the fact that I’ve seen them get out of control pretty bad. I, like you Evan, am a slight bit of a neat freak 😂😂😂 No matter and non of my business ❤️ Your channel is AWESOME . Thank you so much for sharing and keeping me entertained
I love it! So neat & clean
As always you do very nice work. The drone footage was also a nice touch to the video.
Good morning Evan. I asked you a few videos back what type of drone you have and I finally pulled trigger and bought the same one. Would you mind making a video with any tips and tricks that you have came across since you’ve had it? I’ve been watching you for years and really like all of your videos. Hope y’all have a great weekend!
New sub…so glad I found channel
great job and looks real good…entrance gates?? don’t forget a trellis for the green beans
JUST WOW OH WOW!
can’t wait until you get it all planted
I love the way do you did your garden it looks great hate to weed myself saved you a lot of time in the future.
What is the name of the actual fabric product ?
Well I am 50+ years old and I have just learnt something, awesome idea to use a gas torch to cut and seal the weed suppressant
Nice setup
What brand and model fabric
GOOD JOB
Evan, where did you bet that fabric from?
Hi Evan. What is your take on plastic mulch/ground cover?
I’m jealous, please put chicken wire around the bottom of the fence, the animals can get through the fence.