Weed Blocking fabric..

[cattitude]

Wouldn't the newspaper turn into mush over time and weeds would poke through again?

http://www.perennialnursery.com/journal899.html

From the above site:

What are some alternatives to landscape fabric? Before landscape fabric became such a big business, people used to use old newspapers instead. Newspapers also block the weeds and help prevent weeds, but it has the added benefit that it breaks down over time. It will actually improve the soil a little, and you can dig things up and move things around much, much easier.

 

[kwillia]

Wouldn't the newspaper turn into mush over time and weeds would poke through again?

Yes. We chose to use fabric vs newspaper because we wanted something more permanent and we knew for sure where we wanted to landscape. It wasn't very expensive and the roll covers a lot of area. We layed it out in sections so that if we wanted to remove it from any particular are we could do so with ease. I used a utility knife to cut out places I wanted to plant once it was down.

 

[Chasey_Lane]

At the new joint.... They planted some bushes and threw mulch right over the exsisting grass.... Classy.

I like the Asian stone thing next to the walkway, really cute!