How to get rid of weeds between fences

[Anonymous]

The new neighbors behind us decided they couldn't deal with running off the same privacy fence that the rest of us use, and put in their own privacy fence about a foot away from ours. Now I have huge quantities of massive weeds, invasive vines and poison ivy growing from under the fence where I've never had a problem before. Any suggestions for how to get rid of weeds between fences? They are high fences - 6 ft on our side and 8(!) feet on their side - so it's not like I can get in there to weed. I'm hesitant to spray anything between them because I'm afraid it will kill my plants along the fence. Any options other than daily weeding to keep them from choking my garden?

[Anonymous]

Poison

[Anonymous]

What would happen if you took down your fence? Is the side of their fence that faces your yard unattractive?

[Anonymous]

Get a spray bottle of Roundup (shut up!) and spray the stuff sticking through the fence. Gently push away the plants in front so they don't get sprayed. You can use a flat piece of cardboard to keep your plants from touching the roundup on the weeds until it has dried. It dries in minutes and then it's okay for your plants to touch the weeds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What would happen if you took down your fence? Is the side of their fence that faces your yard unattractive?

Their fence only covers half our backyard, so it would be weird to take down half our back fence, plus we'd have gaps between our side fence and their back fence, and their fence and the other half of our back fence.

Maybe I'll test some Roundup in an area where I won't be devastated if my plants die.

[Anonymous]

Start by using something nontoxic like hot water and vinegar. Then you could suppress/minimize regrowth by dumping weed barrier in a very thick layer over the fence to fill in (a layer of weed cloths topped with rocks/mulch/rubber etc.

[Anonymous]

Can you cover the space between the fences with a lot of mulch. A thick layer of mulch should keep the weeds away, especially if you do this in the winter/early spring.

[Anonymous]

I want to accomplish WITHOUT poisoning our groundwater. No poison chemicals for me.!! I have been using compost (previous cut grass) between the fences for past 20 yrs.Which has been working well for me!!!

NOW our city Ordinance Dept. calls this "blight".....and expect me to remove it. Where were they when my neighbor put their now rotted down wooden privacy fence next to my chain link fence - backwards. I know its the responsibility of the person putting up the privacy fence to maintain weed control .... I've been here 43 yrs. that house has seen owners come & go and now have renters .... NONE of those people ever 'weeded' that space between our fences. It was always left up to me. I started this after a couple trees tried growing between our fences. Now What do I do?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I want to accomplish WITHOUT poisoning our groundwater. No poison chemicals for me.!! I have been using compost (previous cut grass) between the fences for past 20 yrs.Which has been working well for me!!!

NOW our city Ordinance Dept. calls this "blight".....and expect me to remove it. Where were they when my neighbor put their now rotted down wooden privacy fence next to my chain link fence - backwards. I know its the responsibility of the person putting up the privacy fence to maintain weed control .... I've been here 43 yrs. that house has seen owners come & go and now have renters .... NONE of those people ever 'weeded' that space between our fences. It was always left up to me. I started this after a couple trees tried growing between our fences. Now What do I do?

You know why the fence rotted? Because some dumbass was dumping grass clippings and yard debris next to it for the last 20 years.

[Anonymous]

RoundUp or other glyphosate-type herbicide. Although you'll have to re-apply every few months because it's not a long-duration solution. The effective molecule only persists for a few days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I want to accomplish WITHOUT poisoning our groundwater. No poison chemicals for me.!! I have been using compost (previous cut grass) between the fences for past 20 yrs.Which has been working well for me!!!

NOW our city Ordinance Dept. calls this "blight".....and expect me to remove it. Where were they when my neighbor put their now rotted down wooden privacy fence next to my chain link fence - backwards. I know its the responsibility of the person putting up the privacy fence to maintain weed control .... I've been here 43 yrs. that house has seen owners come & go and now have renters .... NONE of those people ever 'weeded' that space between our fences. It was always left up to me. I started this after a couple trees tried growing between our fences. Now What do I do?

You know why the fence rotted? Because some dumbass was dumping grass clippings and yard debris next to it for the last 20 years.

Yup. You caused the fence to rot by calling your lazy dumping of grass clippings, "compost". I would hate to have you as a neighbor.

[Anonymous]

This is what Roundup was made for. It will only kill the weeds/plants that you spray it on.

[Anonymous]

Boiling water

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I want to accomplish WITHOUT poisoning our groundwater. No poison chemicals for me.!! I have been using compost (previous cut grass) between the fences for past 20 yrs.Which has been working well for me!!!

NOW our city Ordinance Dept. calls this "blight".....and expect me to remove it. Where were they when my neighbor put their now rotted down wooden privacy fence next to my chain link fence - backwards. I know its the responsibility of the person putting up the privacy fence to maintain weed control .... I've been here 43 yrs. that house has seen owners come & go and now have renters .... NONE of those people ever 'weeded' that space between our fences. It was always left up to me. I started this after a couple trees tried growing between our fences. Now What do I do?

You know why the fence rotted? Because some dumbass was dumping grass clippings and yard debris next to it for the last 20 years.

Yup. You caused the fence to rot by calling your lazy dumping of grass clippings, "compost". I would hate to have you as a neighbor.

We have a neighbor who does this and managed to rot part of the cedar fence in less than 10 years. Such a jack*ss.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Get a spray bottle of Roundup (shut up!) and spray the stuff sticking through the fence. Gently push away the plants in front so they don't get sprayed. You can use a flat piece of cardboard to keep your plants from touching the roundup on the weeds until it has dried. It dries in minutes and then it's okay for your plants to touch the weeds.

You shut up.

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