Fast forward from our "Low maintenance fenced in garden"

A few years ago, after installing the eight foot fence with the "No Weed barrier", I believed the weeds had accepted defeat. And I strolled through lush rows of plants, smiling knowingly at my gardening brilliance. Creating a low maintenance fenced garden was a good choice. What happens after a few seasons? How does the garden evolve? Fast forward to realty, and what lessons can I learn from this journey? The mulch kindly broke down into rich, lovely soil... which, as it turns out, is exactly what weed have been waiting for.

Now, we weed.

       So now, instead of avoiding weeds, we've essentially created a premium weed-growing environment-with extra steps.

Still, I'm not surrendering.