“I’m using old boxes flattened out with either pine needles or wood chips on top to keep the weeds under control in the garden walkways this year.”
Not sure if you saw my ‘tip’ from many posts ago, but my Mom brought me a pack of roof shingles, and we put those down between the rows of my raised beds. The surface is ‘grainy’ so it’s really solid and not slippery at all if wet, and it REALLY cut down on the weeds between the rows. There are still a few getting through along the edges, but if I stay on top of them, a quick squirt of undiluted vinegar does the trick.
Make sure the cardboard is well covered with your choice of mulch; wet cardboard can get slippery.
I remember that shingles tip but hubby would not go for it when I told him about it. Too bad we have a nice stack of them.
I did NOT see that!! I have an old pack of roofing shingles just laying out on a junk pile, too! They won’t be enough, but I can buy another pack. Excited to have a virtually weed free garden!