Don’t ditch those cardboard boxes; instead, put them to use in your garden, smothering out weeds, creating perfectly prepared ...

As the name implies, a no-dig garden doesn't require any digging. Instead, gardeners create a bed on top of the soil already there using cardboard as the base.

Funk advises using cardboard in raised beds as a natural weed barrier. Start by laying sheets of cardboard on the ground, overlapping the edges to block out sunlight from reaching weed seeds.