Advice on how to keep an overgrown fence clear of growth.

[MikeBjerum]

No lhprop1, they use actual plastic out there under the rocks in most places out there.  They do this because it is much less expense than landscape fabric, and with the limited amount of rain there is minimal negative affect.  Keep in mind that their soil structure combined with arid conditions make the soil virtually like concrete to begin with, so when they get their rains it all runs off naturally.

[billt]

Plastic out here, regardless of the type or what you want to call it, all has the same effect. Nothing grows under it. When it's 118 in the Sun, and the ground temperature is so hot you'll burn your feet if you leave them on gravel for any length of time, it's going to kill the germination of anything. Much like planting something in a frying pan on your kitchen stove.

Even concrete gets far too hot to walk on with bare feet. When I let my dog out during the afternoon on these kind of days, he won't walk on it. He'll just walk along the pool on the Cool Decking, then trot under a tree to do his business. This type of heat can be dangerous. A closed up car in afternoon Sun can see inside temperatures go over 150 F. Every year dogs, and sometimes kids die from idiots who leave them in cars while they run errands.

 People are encouraged if they see such nonsense, to break the windows of vehicles to relieve who or whatever living is inside. Cops will do it automatically, then be waiting with handcuffs when they come out. You would think common sense would prevent people from doing this to kids and pets, but it happens all the time.

[PegLeg45]

If you plan to plant a garden, then disregard the salt.....  ..... nothing grows after a good salting.... for a while. We used it under fence lines many moons ago.

[lhprop1]

No lhprop1, they use actual plastic out there under the rocks in most places out there.  They do this because it is much less expense than landscape fabric, and with the limited amount of rain there is minimal negative affect.  Keep in mind that their soil structure combined with arid conditions make the soil virtually like concrete to begin with, so when they get their rains it all runs off naturally.

I didn't realize that.  I guess not everyone can live in a perfect climate like we do. 

[Solus]

If you plan to plant a garden, then disregard the salt.....  ..... nothing grows after a good salting.... for a while. We used it under fence lines many moons ago.

Salt is fine if you intended to grow only asparagus. 

You won't have worry about weeding  it much either.

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[MikeBjerum]

I didn't realize that.  I guess not everyone can live in a perfect climate like we do.

I have lived in several places, including Phoenix and near Huntington Beach (try and get through high school with a surf board and scuba gear in the back of a pick up only 15 miles from the ocean), and I still came back to the great white north as soon as I was able.

[Pathfinder]

For stumps, the old Liquid Plumber drain cleaners in holes did very nicely thank you. Had an ash stump that laughed at axes, and into which I could only drill about 1" before the drill bit went belly up. It was a tough old stump!

As for a patch along a fence line, I use Roundup, then cover with a anti-plant ground cloth covered with gravel. I you want it to look really pretty, box in the gravel with treated timbers. Then once a year or so spray the gravel with roundup again, as the damn seeds will root in the gravel, not to mention the blown-in dirt, etc.

[tombogan03884]

If you plan to plant a garden, then disregard the salt.....  ..... nothing grows after a good salting.... for a while. We used it under fence lines many moons ago.

Ask the Carthaginians. 
It's how the Romans started the Sahara desert.