Backyard Vineyard Weed Control

For my backyard vineyard, I've learned the hard way. After a few years of hoeing weeds for each row, I decided when the vineyard was expanded by a new row this year it was time to get some weed control barrier laid down to suppress all weed growth. The simple solution used in my vineyard is cardboard with heavy mulch over top of it. Yes, we could have used roundup and killed all of the grass, but opted for the weed barrier instead for the moisture and temperature control benefits of heavy mulch in the Ohio climate. Our temperatures vary from 0-98 degrees through the seasons of the years here and the mulch seems manageable for the small amount of vines in the backyard.

These pictures show the simple conversion:

Before

Straw Mulch to kill grass

During Mulching