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"fence mulch", mow strip, underlayment, whatchacallit
A couple of years back, I bought some "fence mulch" as they called it,
from Gardeners Supply, about a foot wide, sits under chainlink fences and keeps grass and weeds from growing where you can't mow. Same idea as "mow strips", same idea as landscape fabric, but solid, heavier plastic, not flexible fabric, so it just stays put by itself, no staking, no covering with gravel. Came in a box of like 3 foot long pieces that sort of interlocked/overlapped. Had holes prepunched for chain-link posts. I don't remember the name of the manufacturer. Anyway, I did half my fence and now they don't stock it any more and don't know where it can be found. A LOT of web searching (and froogle and groups) doesn't help; I get links to the old Gardeners Supply page, and a lot of patents but nobody selling it. Anybody know where I can still get this stuff? |
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"fence mulch", mow strip, underlayment, whatchacallit
On May 7, 1:58 pm, z wrote:
A couple of years back, I bought some "fence mulch" as they called it, from Gardeners Supply, about a foot wide, sits under chainlink fences and keeps grass and weeds from growing where you can't mow. Same idea as "mow strips", same idea as landscape fabric, but solid, heavier plastic, not flexible fabric, so it just stays put by itself, no staking, no covering with gravel. Came in a box of like 3 foot long pieces that sort of interlocked/overlapped. Had holes prepunched for chain-link posts. I don't remember the name of the manufacturer. Anyway, I did half my fence and now they don't stock it any more and don't know where it can be found. A LOT of web searching (and froogle and groups) doesn't help; I get links to the old Gardeners Supply page, and a lot of patents but nobody selling it. Anybody know where I can still get this stuff? try ebay... |
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z said:
A couple of years back, I bought some "fence mulch" as they called it, from Gardeners Supply, about a foot wide, sits under chainlink fences and keeps grass and weeds from growing where you can't mow. .... Anyway, I did half my fence and now they don't stock it any more and don't know where it can be found. A LOT of web searching (and froogle and groups) doesn't help; I get links to the old Gardeners Supply page, and a lot of patents but nobody selling it. Anybody know where I can still get this stuff? Have you already tried calling/contacting Gardeners Supply to ask if they dropped the product because the *manufacturerI discontinued it and, if the answer is 'no' perhaps they can supply contact information for the manufacturer. (It would help if you could glean any part numbers or catalog labels from those old web pages.) Sadly, if the manufacturer stopped making it you are almost certainly out of luck. I've been in that situation before. -- Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast) Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (attributed to Don Marti) |
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"fence mulch", mow strip, underlayment, whatchacallit
Walmart sells it. It's called Roundup.
-- Steve Barker "z" wrote in message ups.com... A couple of years back, I bought some "fence mulch" as they called it, from Gardeners Supply, about a foot wide, sits under chainlink fences and keeps grass and weeds from growing where you can't mow. Same idea as "mow strips", same idea as landscape fabric, but solid, heavier plastic, not flexible fabric, so it just stays put by itself, no staking, no covering with gravel. Came in a box of like 3 foot long pieces that sort of interlocked/overlapped. Had holes prepunched for chain-link posts. I don't remember the name of the manufacturer. Anyway, I did half my fence and now they don't stock it any more and don't know where it can be found. A LOT of web searching (and froogle and groups) doesn't help; I get links to the old Gardeners Supply page, and a lot of patents but nobody selling it. Anybody know where I can still get this stuff? |
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"fence mulch", mow strip, underlayment, whatchacallit
"Steve Barker" expounded:
Walmart sells it. It's called Roundup. Hardly. Unfortunately what the original poster wants isn't available, it was made from recycled tires and was found to degrade and release chemicals into the soil. Sort of like your Roundup. -- Ann, gardening in Zone 6a South of Boston, Massachusetts e-mail address is not checked ****************************** |
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"fence mulch", mow strip, underlayment, whatchacallit
On May 8, 10:00 am, "Steve Barker"
wrote: Walmart sells it. It's called Roundup. -- Steve Barker "z" wrote in message ups.com... A couple of years back, I bought some "fence mulch" as they called it, from Gardeners Supply, about a foot wide, sits under chainlink fences and keeps grass and weeds from growing where you can't mow. Same idea as "mow strips", same idea as landscape fabric, but solid, heavier plastic, not flexible fabric, so it just stays put by itself, no staking, no covering with gravel. Came in a box of like 3 foot long pieces that sort of interlocked/overlapped. Had holes prepunched for chain-link posts. I don't remember the name of the manufacturer. Anyway, I did half my fence and now they don't stock it any more and don't know where it can be found. A LOT of web searching (and froogle and groups) doesn't help; I get links to the old Gardeners Supply page, and a lot of patents but nobody selling it. Anybody know where I can still get this stuff?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Which works fine if you want: 1. Instant weeds 2. Grass back next season (or even late this season) Harry K |
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"fence mulch", mow strip, underlayment, whatchacallit
We use the roundup pro once a year and have a dirt bare stripe under about
1/4 mile of fence. You should try it before deciding what's gonna happen. -- Steve Barker "Harry K" wrote in message ups.com... Which works fine if you want: 1. Instant weeds 2. Grass back next season (or even late this season) Harry K |
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"fence mulch", mow strip, underlayment, whatchacallit
On May 9, 9:06 pm, "Steve Barker" wrote:
We use the roundup pro once a year and have a dirt bare stripe under about 1/4 mile of fence. You should try it before deciding what's gonna happen. -- Steve Barker "Harry K" wrote in message ups.com... Which works fine if you want: 1. Instant weeds 2. Grass back next season (or even late this season) Harry K- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - ??? I have been using Roundup since the first year it came out. Granted I haven't used the "Pro" version but if it will keep anything from growing for a year, then it has some ground killing ingredient other than glipsophate in it. Harry K |
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PING:: "fence mulch", mow strip, underlayment, whatchacallit
"z" wrote A couple of years back, I bought some "fence mulch" as they called it, from Gardeners Supply, about a foot wide, sits under chainlink fences and keeps grass and weeds from growing where you can't mow. Same idea as "mow strips", same idea as landscape fabric, but solid, heavier plastic, not flexible fabric, so it just stays put by itself, no staking, no covering with gravel. Came in a box of like 3 foot long pieces that sort of interlocked/overlapped. Had holes prepunched for chain-link posts. I don't remember the name of the manufacturer. I was at Lowes today looking for something and what did I see but this product you were looking for. Perm-a-Mulch. Sorry, they didn't have a price on it. It was stacked by the rolls of hardware cloth/that other roll out type of metal chicken wire stuff. Hope that helps. nancy |
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On Thu, 17 May 2007 13:26:40 -0400, someone wrote:
I was at Lowes today looking for something and what did I see but this product you were looking for. Perm-a-Mulch. Sorry, they didn't have a price on it. It was stacked by the rolls of hardware cloth/that other roll out type of metal chicken wire stuff. Hope that helps. ??? So does this stuff just lie on top of the ground? Both sides of the fence, the neighbor's too? Seems like the cure worse than the disease? This is what weed-whackers are for! Reply to NG only - this e.mail address goes to a kill file. |
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On May 17, 1:26 pm, "Nancy Young" wrote:
"z" wrote A couple of years back, I bought some "fence mulch" as they called it, from Gardeners Supply, about a foot wide, sits under chainlink fences and keeps grass and weeds from growing where you can't mow. Same idea as "mow strips", same idea as landscape fabric, but solid, heavier plastic, not flexible fabric, so it just stays put by itself, no staking, no covering with gravel. Came in a box of like 3 foot long pieces that sort of interlocked/overlapped. Had holes prepunched for chain-link posts. I don't remember the name of the manufacturer. I was at Lowes today looking for something and what did I see but this product you were looking for. Perm-a-Mulch. Sorry, they didn't have a price on it. It was stacked by the rolls of hardware cloth/that other roll out type of metal chicken wire stuff. Hope that helps. nancy Hi, thanks for the reply. Yeah, i know that stuff, I've been using it around trees and as a 'mow strip' for the border of gardens, etc. It's porous, though, and stuff grows through, so it needs to be maintained now and then; not a problem for where I've been using it, but the stuff I was using under the fence is solid vinyl, thinner (though not thin enough to roll up like wee barrier fabric). As folks have suggested, it's not pretty, like the perm-a-mulch, but it's severely permanent. Thanks again for thinking of me, though!! |
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On May 17, 3:37 pm, (v) wrote:
??? So does this stuff just lie on top of the ground? Both sides of the fence, the neighbor's too? Yeah, you get the idea. Not the most attractive item, but it's under a chain link fence, which is rusty no less, so I figure it's at least a draw on appearance. |
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PING:: "fence mulch", mow strip, underlayment, whatchacallit
v wrote:
On Thu, 17 May 2007 13:26:40 -0400, someone wrote: I was at Lowes today looking for something and what did I see but this product you were looking for. Perm-a-Mulch. Sorry, they didn't have a price on it. It was stacked by the rolls of hardware cloth/that other roll out type of metal chicken wire stuff. Hope that helps. ??? So does this stuff just lie on top of the ground? Both sides of the fence, the neighbor's too? Seems like the cure worse than the disease? This is what weed-whackers are for! Priced gas lately? I'd rather lay down that mulch than have to weed-whack and then mow what I didn't weed-whack. -- Bill In Hamptonburgh, NY To email, remove the double zeroes after @ |
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On May 17, 5:15 pm, willshak wrote:
v wrote: On Thu, 17 May 2007 13:26:40 -0400, someone wrote: I was at Lowes today looking for something and what did I see but this product you were looking for. Perm-a-Mulch. Sorry, they didn't have a price on it. It was stacked by the rolls of hardware cloth/that other roll out type of metal chicken wire stuff. Hope that helps. ??? So does this stuff just lie on top of the ground? Both sides of the fence, the neighbor's too? Seems like the cure worse than the disease? This is what weed-whackers are for! Priced gas lately? I'd rather lay down that mulch than have to weed-whack and then mow what I didn't weed-whack. My weeds seem to chop the weed whacker string faster than vice versa. |
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