The doctors thought I had colon cancer but it turned out to a very severe case of Diverticulitis. All tests on the growth came back negative for cancer. Both the surgeon and my gastroenterologist were amazed at the results. My wife and I just thanked God.
Like I said I am well and can't wait to start this years garden. I will be expanding it and will be using the landscape fabric. I checked the Sam's web site you posted and it said it was not available at my store. I hope they stock it this spring. Do you remember what it cost?
By the way at one time I did live much closer, Lafayette, for about 17 years. The picture of my wife and I with our pups was taken in front of the house we owned there.
I checked my Sam's location on the landscape fabric and it is showing unavailable as well, so hopefully it is a seasonal thing and will show up in the next couple of months. It cost around $36 a roll.
I bought 8 rolls last year, but I seem to remember that I only put down 6 of them. My rows are 100' long, so I was able to cover exactly 2.5 rows with one roll. Each row of fabric overlaps the next by about 4 inches, so one row of pins down the middles holds the fabric of 2 rows. I did buy some extra pins at Lowe's because I like to place a pin every 5'. That close is not essential, but the fabric had held up against the remnants of several tropical storms and hurricanes.
I do have a couple of holes that armadillos have dug and torn, but I'll patch those with a short piece of fabric and some weatherproof tape.