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Message: [QUOTE="Jewell, post: 58946, member: 659"] Pat, Any weed and seed free mulch will work. I use composted bark because it is cheap in my region. I don't live in a windy area so it only takes enough bark to hide the cardboard and is the cosmetics of this project to keep it looking presentable. You don't need the mulch, but I don't like looking at cardboard. During the winter one good windy storm dropped enough fir needles from the neighbors trees to cover the cardboard so I didn't have to. I did a section at a time when I converted this large area because I was bringing home free cardboard from work. It is really important that the cardboard layer has no gaps or "thin" spots. Quack grass will find any holes. I think this works so well because you aren't exposing any dormant seeds in the soil by turning the soil. I read somewhere that poppy seeds can be dormant for 100 years and still be viable. [/QUOTE]