[photon]

My flower beds are filled with weeds, i think it's about time to do something about it other than just trying to deal with the weeds, they're winning.

Our beds are probably 6 years old or so, rocks with landscape fabric under. I understand that dirt gets on top of the landscape fabric and weeds grow that way and then get through the landscape fabric.

Is it better to redo the landscape fabric and get ahead of the game again for a while?

Or I've read that cedar chips are better in that they inhibit weed growth and block more sun than a layer of rocks so weeds find it harder to grow, though I read that the cedar chips need to be a thick layer, we could probably only get 2-3 inches thick.

If we went with cedar chips, would it be better to take out the rocks and put down new landscape fabric, then put cedar chips? Or just put down the cedar chips on top of everything?

I'd really like to just pave it all but that's a lot of $ (and I'm only half kidding)