What can we use between vegetable garden rows to keep out weeds

Lay down a barrier like brown paper sacks, feed sacks, old sheets, anything that you can walk on and will block the sun , but not the rain. Then cover with a good 4" of clean wheat straw. (Don't use Hay!)

The straw prevents weeds from growing and keeps moisture from evaporating. The straw also breaks down and feeds your soil.

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First get rid of all the weeds! Put down landscape fabric if you want in the pathway, not plastic as you want to let any moisture to get to the soil. Put down your choice of mulch. I use cut grass clippings and shredded leaves, then I can till it into the soil next spring. I renew it as needed. You can't guarantee that it will stay weed free as some are persistent and don't give up. I put down shredded leaves in the spring that I piled up in the garden in the fall and add cut grass as the lawn is cut to renew the coverage, and I am able to drastically cut down the weeding. By spring most of the shredded leaves and grass have broken down and are ready to till into the soil.

There are many to use. You could put down a weed barrier, mulch over the top of it. Wood chips are my go to for in ground planting. The will break down and feed the soil.

Torn up cardboard egg cartons and grass clippings.

Lay several layers of newspapers then cover with a pine straw mulch.

newpapers,cardboard,heavy landscape cloth,and mulch

One gardener I know uses carpet scraps from a local flooring store. Other people put landscape fabric down. Even cardboard would work. For something a bit more permanent, some have used paver stones.

newspaper layers, grass clippings, or straw. I've used all in the past and worked great. I just had to wet my newspapers after I laid them out so that they'd stick together as a mulch and not blow away.

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