Easiest Way To Get Rid Of Weeds! 🌾// Cheap💰 & Fast🏃‍♀️💨 // Crystal Does

I'm amazed at how fast weeds will take over especially in July. I wish we could pray the weeds away!

This comment mostly applies to using cardboard without mulch as I do in my garden but another reason to spray down the cardboard after laying it out is that the dry cardboard initially absorbs a fair bit of moisture and new cardboard doesn't let water pass through it very well. It tends to shed a lot of water at first. This lasts for at least a couple weeks then as the cardboard breaks down it becomes more permeable. Then it actually helps retain moisture in the soil and keeps it cool. You want to try and keep the cardboard damp for the first week or two to help the cardboard "break in" if you will. Also when it dries out in the sun it can start to act like a wick and rob moisture from the soil below. Young plants that were planted at the same time you put down the cardboard, may need extra watering in hot weather to combat this. If you're mulching on top of it putting a layer of soil on the cardboard under your mulch is also beneficial as a good soil has much more organic matter and microorganisms than mulch alone that speed up the decomposition. This won’t ruin the weed barrier element but will allow water to better flow through into your soil. Don’t be afraid to spray everything down a few times a week for the first month or two to keep the cardboard moist as dry cardboard won’t biodegrade either. Cut the hole in the cardboard for your plant at least as wide as the canopy of the plant. All that said cardboard is THE best weed barrier for gardens and mulch beds. Its free, biodegradable, and organic matter to the soil!

When fall comes and the zinnias die off, put paint sticks in the ground over the winter. Then in the spring, you will know where the holes are in the cardboard to plant new annuals.

I knew I should have done this when I first started my planter its so hard to manage but now that we are gonna clean it up today I am doing THIS THANK you so much for your knowledge and tools !

I’ve done this before to a large garden area and it worked great! I forgot about it, need to do it to another house’s garden area. Thanks for the reminder!

What a wonderful friend you are!

I have an awful problem with weeds in my garden. Thanks for posting this.

Thank you so much for this. It’s exactly what I was thinking of doing but now I will do it with assurance knowing it will work.

We do the same with using cardboard under mulch in garden beds. Glad that your friend is doing okay. That was a lot of weeds!

I put down cardboard every spring. I live in the south and the weeds are vigorous. I let it get rained on first -- it's a lot easier to cut the boxes that way. I get free cardboard from the grocery store and Walmart, in addition to saving my Amazon and Chewy boxes.

😂 I have to laugh at the size of those weeds. So great of you to help your friend. 👍

Great job! What a great friend you are!❤️

Just saw this video today in 2022 in July and I’m amazed at what a great worker you are, but I can’t believe nobody helped you. I might try cardboard instead of weed barrier great job!

This little garden looks nice! When everything comes in it will be even prettier!

💜💜💜hi crystal, thanks for sharing. I just stumbled across your video, so happy l did because am an amateaur & love gardening and could use all the tips & tricks to transform my yard both front & back. Thank you again! 💜💜💜

Came out great! I've been using the cardboard and mulch combo in my yard for years. We have really aggressive weeds and I have to put a minimum of four layers of cardboard (two boxes folded up). It has worked great. I've never watered it in. Also, aside from keeping the cardboard away from the base of your plants for watering purposes, its also good because cardboard and mulch touching the stem/trunks of plants can cause rot.

Very nicely done. Thanks for the useful video😃

Amazing tip to control weeds.Thank you .Happy gardening.

thank you. I just did exactly what you did. it's an easy and fun solution.

This was a great video!!! So helpful since I’m a visual person.