I hate weeding. Pretty vocal about this one. I REALLY hate weeding. My secret to avoid weeding all summer is newspaper! We’ve all heard about using mulch in a garden around the plants to prevent weed growth, and it does work…some of the time. I learned a simple technique of lining the beds with 7 layers of newspaper and then adding mulch on top of it. The reason this works so well is because the blocks the light from getting to the weeds and it will also naturally breakdown under the mulch, adding nutrients to the soil below