Ground cover

[lettuceleaf]

I am looking to cover some recently weeded areas intended purely to stop weeds from growing. I shall be planting something in these areas later on.

I wondered if anyone had any advice what to use for this purpose (that looks better than covering the areas with empty compost bags). I don't really want to cut up large pieces of ground cover for these smallish areas.

Thanks.

[veggiechicken]

Cardboard?...........Green manure.............?

[Veggielot]

How soon do you plan to plant in it? If not long go with cardboard. If longer green manure has the added bonus of improving your soil.

[Two_Sheds]

Weeds are green manures. I chop mine up and leave them on the soil as a (weed suppressing, moisture retaining, soil improving) mulch. They soon turn dark brown and just look like earth