underground born Weeds now for the good part let's talk about how to eliminate those weeds so you don't have to bend down and pull even one let's talk about how to prevent weeds in the pathways and in the growing beds I'll start out with the paths there are two steps to take care of weeds in your Pathways and the first is to clear this is really best done at the outset of setting up your garden space but if you're watching this and your garden is already set up you'll be able to take today's lessons and hopefully retrofit your garden space a little bit so the first step to dealing with weeds in the path is to clear the entire space you want to be extremely thorough with this step and do all you can to get all of the vegetation completely cleared from your garden space before you set up your garden paths and growing beds we'll use a shovel a weat eater or even a side cutter to pull all the grass or ground cover from the garden area if you've got a grass in your area that grows persistently through Runners then you want to be sure you complet completely kill off all the grass or ground cover around that area you may have to do something more than just using a shovel or a sod cutter you may actually need to fully kill the plants in that area either by spraying it with a concentrated vinegar solution or even by taking a torch to it both of these are organic methods they don't use anything that would harm nature but they do fully kill the plant from its root so it won't be spreading into your path way space that's the first step to a weed-free pathway is completely clearing the area of vegetation now it's time to cover now