Black sheeting or fabric for week removal over winter

Having moved into a flat with a bit of a weed garden out the back I am hoping to plant some grass next spring/summer.

In the meantime I was going to buy something to cover the garden over the winter to kill off all the weeds, my question is what is better - something thick and non-porous (eg: some black polythene plastic), or some actual 'weed control fabric' that they sell in places like homebase?

I understand the weed control fabric lets water and air in, which is what you want if it's in a bed where you have other plants you want to grow. However, for my purpose (killing everything) I think I'd be better off with just some heavy sheeting?

I guess the problem is if it rains heavily it'll get puddl-y with plastic...

The area is about 5m x 6m or so.


Thanks,

Chris

 

Thanks, I thought so. I spent the latter part of the summer spraying with roundup/de-weeding and then subsequently digging most of it over but never actually getting round to planting any grass or sorting the soil out properly.

A few small leafy things starting to sprout up now so may do as you say before getting the sheeting.

First decent rain we've had in a while today so at least it might be a bit easier to dig over!

Cheers