Newspaper weeds away
Start putting in your plants; work the
nutrients in your soil. Wet newspapers put layers around the plants
overlapping as you go cover with mulch and forget about weeds. Weeds will
get through some gardening plastic they will not get through wet
newspapers.

To keep squirrels from eating your plants
sprinkle your plants with cayenne pepper. The cayenne pepper doesn't hurt the plant
and the squirrels won't come near it.