Cheryl Isaak wrote:

is there any method that works other than trowel and sweat. I've got
them coming up through the landscape fabric and mulch. So far, Round up
hasn't helped.

overplanting with taller plants that have broad
leaves. smother them with shade. trim any that
are growing as often as you can do it. eventually
they run out of energy.


Or am I in for a several long sessions on hands and knees followed by
$$$ for cover up mulch.

you already have mulch and landscape fabric?
i'd take the mulch and landscape fabric out,
put down a few layers of cardboard over the
area, put new landscape fabric over that.
hold it down with some big rocks so the chives
can't push back through it and then mulch it
good. by the time the cardboard decays the
chives should have given up. those that don't
should be few enough to keep pulling or chopping
off until they give up. don't ever let them go
to seed.


songbird