Do you have excess cardboard lying around your home? Rather than throwing it away, consider using it in your garden.

Sheet mulching with cardboard is the secret to fewer weeds and fuss-free plant-bed prep.

How do you even go about setting up a cardboard garden bed ... Digging into soil can disturb it, according to Valenzuela, which would make it more likely for weeds to grow. That's where the cardboard ...

If you want to make a flat plant collar to deter pests ... grow while still protecting the base of the plant. Just as cardboard can be used to smother out weeds to prepare soil for planting ...