{"id":13961,"date":"2015-06-02T10:15:54","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T14:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bhgre.com\/bhgrelife\/?p=13961"},"modified":"2015-06-02T10:15:54","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T14:15:54","slug":"ask-a-pro-treating-weeds-without-killing-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cweetest.com\/index.php\/2015\/06\/02\/ask-a-pro-treating-weeds-without-killing-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask a Pro Q&#038;A: Treating Weeds without Killing Flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Never ruin your flowerbed again! On this installment of Ask a Pro, Dream Team member and Outdoor Design expert Carson Arthur reveals his trick to get rid of the weeds without killing your flowers!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13991 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cweetest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/BHGRELife_AskAPro_treatweeds.jpg\" alt=\"Ask a Pro: Treating Weeds without Killing the Flowers - bhgrelife.com\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Q:\u00a0There are weeds\u00a0in my flowerbed and I would like to know how to eliminate them, without killing my beautiful flowers. Can you help?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">-Lisa T.<\/p>\n<p>A.\u00a0Best\u00a0is\u00a0to\u00a0lay\u00a0newspaper\u00a0around\u00a0the\u00a0plants,\u00a0covering\u00a0the\u00a0weeds.\u00a07\u00a0layers\u00a0of\u00a0newspaper\u00a0covered\u00a0with 3 inches of\u00a0mulch\u00a0will\u00a0get\u00a0rid\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0weeds\u00a0for\u00a02\u00ad to 3\u00a0years!\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0really\u00a0that\u00a0easy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">-Carson A.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sweepcontainer\">\n<div class=\"sweepcontainer\">\n<div id=\"woobox-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[ (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/woobox.com\/js\/plugins\/woo.js\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'woobox-sdk')); \/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"woobox-offer\" data-offer=\"c2ezm2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Never ruin your flowerbed again! 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