Re: Weed barrier cloth; was Woodruff & other spreaders

    A while back I asked about using weed barrier cloth and received
helpful information from several experienced users.
    One gardener said that the cloth can be covered with soil, because
any weeds that sprount in the soil layer cannot penetrate the cloth and
will die.
    Does this mean that groundcover plants will not work with barrier
cloth? I was planning to put down the cloth, poke holes for the existing
plants, cover the cloth with soil, then poke holes every 12" for plugs
of woodruff (Galium odoratum). The cloth would prevent underground
spreading, of course, but I was counting on the Galium taking root on
top of the cloth wherever it touches the soil. Now it sounds as though
the cloth will kill off the new Galium.
    The question is moot since there is no longer enough time to grow a
new bed of Galium before we have to start showing the house. But just
for the record, is barrier cloth the wrong stuff to use if I want
groundcover? I was hoping to make a weed-free start. A few years ago I
used layers of newspaper and soil to start a new bed; it kept down the
existing weeds but new ones settled on the soil and poked down right
through the newspaper.

Janet

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