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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Think about maintenance. If you will be doing mowing and weeding yourself instead of outsourcing, look for a relatively small, flat yard! Ours is not even that big (.25 acre) but it's hilly, and a pain to maintain as we are currently doing all the housework and yardwork. We are close to either paying for a cleaning service or a lawn care service. And we don't even have kids yet! [/quote]

Put some of that weed block fabric down in your flower/shrub areas and cover with mulch.  That'll help to cut down on the weeding.[/quote]

... and it will be a big mess a few years down the road when the mulch on top of the fabric has started to form a nice growing medium and weeds will actually grow on top of the fabric as well as through it. Landscape fabric as weed blocker is a terrible idea.[/quote]

Well...they are plants growing outside and they will grow in soil. Even soil on top of landscape fabric.  As noted by another pp the roots are shallower and that makes the weeds easier to pull.  If landscape fabric can cut back on the weeds for a few years and make the ones that do pop up easier to pull I'm fine by that.  No one said it was a permanent solution - just a way to make life a little easier.  [/quote]

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