On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 21:43:38 -0700, Dean wrote:

Someone said to me to spray glyphosphate on a straight line below the
(cedar wood) fence we have, to kill the grass there and make a small
border. Its a pain to strim the grass, I keep ripping off parts of the
fence surface.

Tips and alternatives welcomed here. Fence is around 300' long around the
whole yard.

Thanks

Dean

Good day Dean. If your looking for a earth friendly way of dealing with
the grass, try weed burning.

http://resources.ywgc.com/info/weedburner.shtml

If you start burning in the early spring once a week the grass will be
gone and stay gone. There is no need to worry about setting your fence on
fire due to the amount of time it takes the weedburner to work. The grass
will die after 1 or 2 seconds of heat. If you burn every other mowing all
your edging will stay clean. During the heat of the summer, the return of
the grass/weeds will be very low.

If possible, you could place 2X6 or 2X8 boards under the fence. Then you
can mow along the board's edge and the grass will not grow up through the
fence. The boards will last 10+ years (if you use treated wood) and it's
not a horrible look for the fence. With that said though, $6.00 dollars
per ten foot board can add up quite quickly.

Next time you build a fence, see if the fence can be 4 or 5 inches off the
ground, this way you will be ablr to string trim under the fence with out
fence damage.

Good luck.....

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