Keeping down weeds along a garden fenceline
"How
are you going to deal with weeds/grass that grow up around the bottom
of the fence?" --- Nayan
My current plan is to
use a layer of cardboard covered by a layer of wood chips for a
perimeter pathway around the inside of the garden fenceline, combined
with a layer of cardboard covered by a layer of compost for a
flower/berry/undecided bed around the outside of the garden fenceline.
Of course, this lofty
plan depends on lots of cardboard, wood chips, and compost. We'll see
if the supplies and/or my back give out before the kill mulch is
complete. If so, we might follow other readers' suggestions and burn
the weeds off instead.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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Re: weeds
Why not put down a row of square pavestones around or under the fence?
Comment by
Roland_Smith
— Wed Jul 4 14:43:18 2018
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comment 2
I tried the pavestones, it was good for a year, then the weeds grew in the cracks and we're even more of a pain to pull.
Comment by
Rebecca
— Wed Jul 4 17:36:27 2018
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pavestones under fence
Roland: I did that on my garden and various other places. Even putting some type of weed barrier under the pavestones, the blasted weeds/grass STILL get in between the pavestones and under the fence. It's very frustrating. I've taken to using herbicide (NOT Roundup! Spectricide) along the very edge as that seems to be the only thing that keeps them somewhat under control.
Comment by
Nayan
— Thu Jul 5 08:50:08 2018
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