I got in! Thanks so much for your help!

Here's my question...we put landscape fabric in our vegetable garden to reduce the weeds. We put it only on the mounds and then put mulch around the mounds in the walkways. I have been searching for an answer as to how far from the base of the plant should the fabric be cut. We planted: Roma tomatoes, Cherry tomatoes, Snow peas, green pepper, red pepper, yellow pepper, bush green beans, zucchini, yellow squash, carrots, and pickle cucumbers. So far, the fabric has practically eliminated the weed problem and my plants look very healthy but their young yet. I don't want to lose my plants. Please help.

Thank you for your help,
Irene

If you were placing mulches around trees and bushes you need to be careful about the mulch around their hardwood trunks. Constant moisture around the base of their trunks will eventually cause serious trouble. I have seen tree trunks start to rot from wood chips being placed right up against the trunk.

Could you explain how you planted carrots using landscape fabric? I would be interested because carrots are a real problem with weeds.

Happy Gardening, Diane