Before you put down your mulch this spring, make sure to properly line your flower beds, gardens, and more with landscaping fabric and edging for a more finished look.  By using landscaping paper in your garden, not only does it help prevent the weeds from growing, but it also helps to keep your mulch in place and helps prevent it from sinking into the soil.  Once you have the landscaping fabric down, use edging to help keep the fabric and mulch in place and to give your flower beds and more a clean and neat look.

There are a variety of great landscaping fabrics that will make your weeding job much easier throughout the spring and summer and are made with earth friendly materials that make lining the area easy.  A great landscaping fabric to use that blocks out weeds and more is the WeedBlock Mulch Landscape Paper by Easy Gardener.  This landscaping fabric is approved for use in organic gardens and is made with no chemicals to be safe for all of your plantings.  It is made of recycled paper and when the growing season is over, just till it back into the soil.  The natural color of this landscaping fabric blends in well with the mulch and plantings. 

Use the Green Fabric Pins by Dewitt to help keep the landscaping fabric in place.  Place a pin every two to three inches to keep the landscaping fabric in place.  These pins may be used with lightweight landscaping fabrics by folding over the edge and then placing a pin through the fabric.

Finally, to give your garden a clean and neat look, use landscaping edging like the Ultra-Edge Composite Garden Edging by Easy Gardener.  This edging is easy to install and made to last for many years in your garden.  It can be used around a flower bed, garden, walkway, around a tree, and more and leaves your yard looking polished.