11.   This will keep weeds from sprouting up between the bricks, but it will also limit drainage to some extent.

12.   Top with some hardwood mulch to help keep the weeds out and moisture in.

13.   Weeds are also kept to a minimum inside the intensively planted beds, because the soil is shaded by the touching leafy growth of the plants.

14.   In my own asparagus patch, for example, I have kept weeds out for many years with an annual mulch of salt hay.

15.   Weeds are kept under control with mulches, and pollution is reduced by recycling garden and household wastes, rather than dumping them.