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Message: [QUOTE="Bootsy, post: 58569, member: 1995"] It depends on the type of landscape fabric. Good landscape fabric should be porous but weed resistant. You may find that the weeds are growing on top of the fabric and in the bark and other detritus (I like that word ;)) that has arrived there over the years. I'd be inclined to check whether the weeds are right through the fabric. Good fabric should be able to be rolled up, after the muck on top of it has been scraped off. Strawberries can be planted through the fabric, just cut a small X for each plant. The fabric should also stop some of the evaporation and help keep the roots moist in hot weather. To cope with the runners from the plant (for best results strawberries should be replaced with new ones every three years) you can let them run over small trays or pots of soil that are placed next to the plants. They will root in them. I use the fabric for a lot of my vegetables. Each winter I roll the fabric back and dig the soil and put home grown compost into it. Then roll the fabric back. This saves me weeding the area for the whole year. It has the additional benefit of not getting muddy boots when wishing to pick the crops in the wet weather. In the foreground of this picture is a new area I have put down the fabric. On the far right you can just see an old area that has it. That has been there for ten years and is still going strong with no rotting of the fabric. Quite economical. [ATTACH=full]7681[/ATTACH] I grow many things through it. Runner beans, French beans, tomatoes, zucchini, butternut squash, sweet corn (maize), marrows, peas and other things. [ATTACH=full]7682[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]7683[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]7684[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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