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Sat, Oct 1, 11 at 17:47
| I recently had a long stone wall built on my front lawn. Was wondering if there were any good ways to stop grass from growing a couple inches out from along the wall so I don't have to go back and weed-whack after I mow. Age old problem of the mower deck can't cut all the grass that's right up against the wall. I don't want to put a thin line of mulch, but guess I could as the grass would hopefully block it from view. I'd thought of a green (matching the color of grass) garden hose layed along the wall but I can imagine grass still growing behind the hose against the wall. Any ideas? |
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- Posted by Lawngeek123 OH (My Page) on Sat, Oct 1, 11 at 19:55
| One good way to do it would be to scrape off the grass along the 2" or 3" path along the wall. (Home Depot & Lowes have something you can use if you do not have that tool). Get a landscaping weed control fabric cut it to width and pound landscaping plastic stakes to hold the fabric down to the soil. Once you have the fabric covering the path along the wall that you do not want any grass growing, you can buy some decorative stones (marble chips or whatever is a good contrast to your stone wall) and lay them down so they create a nice border and provides a very nice distinction. |
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- Posted by fruitjarfla (My Page) on Sun, Oct 2, 11 at 9:12
| If you are going to do the marble chips thing as a border along the wall you probably will have to put a border to hold the chips in place -- plastic or metal lawn edging. Otherwise you will be flinging chips with your mower. But you will still have to weed whack along the newer border, but far easier. |
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| Thanks to both replies. Actually might just do the landscape fabric thing and just let the grass grow in front of it. The mower deck will then be able to cut it, but if I leave the grass high enough it might block out seeing the fabric. |
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- Posted by dchall_san_antonio 8 San Antonio (My Page) on Mon, Oct 31, 11 at 10:19
| If you had thought about this before the wall was build, they could have put in a wide concrete footing that would set the grass away. If you have Kentucky bluegrass, it will grow over anything you put there. If you have fescue, then the border will work fine. |
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