[daniel1212]

"Cardboard would be good. Actually, this past year, I flattened out old cardboard boxes that I’d collected and put them down around my tomatoes primarily, and then put pine needle* mulch on top of the cardboard. I had the “cleanest” garden EVER ... the only weed growth I got was right around the plant stalks where there was a slight gap in the cardboard ... just little small stuff that I removed when I saw it"

Sounds good. Final question though is what zone are you in? Here in MA active composting is limited to about 5 months.

[Qiviut]

Virginia - Zone 7a