Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Favorite Mulch?, 2 by HollyAnnS

HollyAnnS wrote:
Josh has put a lot of work into his house. It is in a small town and he is on a main street corner. He want's it to look good but also wants easy care.
What do you like to put under your mulches. I have started using heavy cardboard, newspaper layers and even magazines. I mostly use mulch when putting in new beds or extending beds from one area to another. As the beds fill in I use less mulch. But I do like it around the edges to give a boundary between the grass and beds. Here are a couple of areas that were extended last year and they all have the cardboard under them.