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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Sarah Warwick

How to keep weeds out of flowerbeds – clever ways to reduce garden labor

Red and purple gladioli flowers in a meadow

For any gardener, there’s a whole lot of time to be saved by keeping weeds out of flowerbeds. And it’s time that could be spent on more pleasurable tasks like putting in and tending desirable plants.

Getting rid of weeds effectively will prevent them from reappearing as well as spreading, but there are measures that will keep them out of beds, borders, and the veggie garden in the first place. This way, the unwanted plants won’t get the chance to take resources away from the flowers, shrubs, and fruit and vegetables you’re nurturing.

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