Using Junk Mail to Prevent Weeds

I save up my junk mail until I get enough to mulch a section of my flower garden where weeds are a problem. You can lay the pieces of mail two, three or four pieces deep and spread over the area to be mulched. Make sure to cover any bare spaces, because wherever it's bare, a weed will find a way to pop up! Then cover the whole thing with your favorite decorative mulch.

We have tons of pine straw here that I can just rake up and cover up all the paper. This should last a couple of years. I guess you could do your vegetable garden too, but I mostly use newspaper for that because I am not sure of the chemicals in the colored ads.

By anne from Bailey, NC