The Weed-Free Garden Cheat Sheet

Tired of spending your gardening season fighting weeds instead of enjoying your garden? This one-page cheat sheet gives you the proven prevention habits that stop weeds before they take over—no sprays, no guesswork, no overwhelm.

What This Weed-Free Garden Cheat Sheet Does for You

✔ Helps you reduce weed pressure naturally
✔ Saves your back, your time, and your patience
✔ Works for raised beds, in-ground gardens, and small spaces

This isn’t about perfection. It’s about working with nature instead of against it.

What’s Inside the Weed-Free Garden Cheat Sheet

This printable, 1-page guide covers:

• How to disturb the soil less (and why it matters)
• When to weed so it actually sticks
• How mulch and living plants block weed seeds
• How compaction quietly creates weed problems
• Why shading soil is one of your strongest tools
• How watering habits trigger—or prevent—weeds
• The tools that make weeding faster and easier

Clear. Simple. Practical.

✔ 1-Page Printable PDF
✔ Clean, easy-to-scan layout
✔ Perfect for the garden shed or seed-starting binder
✔ Instant digital download

Who This Is For

✔ Gardeners who want fewer weeds with less work
✔ Anyone avoiding chemical herbicides
✔ New gardeners who want to start right
✔ Experienced gardeners tired of the weed cycle

If you’ve ever thought “I swear I just weeded this bed…” — this is for you.

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Want to Go Deeper?

This cheat sheet gets you started. The Weed-Free Garden Kit digs deeper, giving you the “key” to soil conditions that trigger rampant weed growth – and teaching you how to fix them.

I’ve pulled together information from several of my favorite weed control books (Weeds: Control without Poisons; When Weeds Talk; The Gardener’s Weed Book, Weedless Gardening) and put it together with years of gardening experience to create these easy to follow guides.

We share the why, when, and how — including:

• Soil-based solutions
• Tough weed scenarios
• Long-term prevention plans

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From Common Sense Home

Hi, I’m Laurie Neverman, a lifelong gardener and homesteader at Common Sense Home. I’ve seen how smart systems and healthy soil change the game when it comes to weed control.

This cheat sheet is how I help gardeners start winning the weed battle quickly — without chemicals or burnout.

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