Yes, that's actually plastic sheeting on the ground. I can't bring myself to use all that plastic, but I see more and more of it around on our small farms here in Oregon's Willamette Valley. Some colors increase vegetation, others the fruit, and some really reduce insect problems. I'll have to get some photos this spring.
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Amazing, it messes with my mind a bit as I would imagine the soil bacteria would have problems, what with heat, lack of aeration... I don't know. It just sort of defies my sense of logic.
I'm with you on that. I don't like what plastic does underneath the soil. I think it really compacts the soil, because of the lack of aeration and organisms underneath. But some folks are really big on it.