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How to Keep Grass From Growing Under Our Fence<\/h2>\n
On our farm we use a polywire electric fence system with step-in posts to keep our animals in. One of the great things about this type of fence system is that it’s easy to put up and it can be taken down or moved if necessary.<\/p>\n
But one of the problems that we have is grass growing up into the fence. This is especially problematic with an electric fence because it can cause them to short out.<\/p>\n
So, if you are looking to keep grass from growing under a fence, here are a few tools<\/a> and options to help you out.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/span>Prices pulled from the Amazon Product Advertising API on: <\/span><\/p> <\/span>Product prices and availability are accurate as of the date\/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on [relevant Amazon Site(s), as applicable] at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t One option is to spray weed killer under the fence. Normally, I wouldn’t want to do this because we don’t use synthetic pesticides on our farm, especially with animals grazing right up to the fence.<\/p>\n However, it is possible to use a natural weed killer, especially when you are dealing with livestock or other animals.<\/p>\n For that, I recommend this Doctor Kirchner Natural Weed & Grass Killer.<\/p>\n Because of the amount of fence I have on my farm, I needed a different solution though.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/span>Prices pulled from the Amazon Product Advertising API on: <\/span><\/p> <\/span>Product prices and availability are accurate as of the date\/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on [relevant Amazon Site(s), as applicable] at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t For permanent fences and shorter fence runs, you can use a weed barrier like this Dewitt 4-foot by 50-foot roll. The great thing about this is that it’s somewhat permanent and means there is little maintenance required.<\/p>\n Simply stake it down under your fence and it will prevent grass and other weeds from growing.<\/p>\n Again, because of the amount of fence I have on my farm, I needed a different solution.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/span>Prices pulled from the Amazon Product Advertising API on: <\/span><\/p> <\/span>Product prices and availability are accurate as of the date\/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on [relevant Amazon Site(s), as applicable] at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t Another option is using a weed eater to trim the grass under the fence. And if you are going to do this, I highly recommend this Husqvarna 128LD 17″ String Trimmer<\/p>\n I personally own this string trimmer and love it. I’ve never had any issues with it and it always fires right up.<\/p>\n However, with the type of polywire fence I use, I found that it gets wrapped up in my fences and breaks it. I also use plastic posts with a lot of my fences and a weed eater can break those as well.<\/p>\n If you have metal posts and metal fence wire, this can be a great option for you. But for me, I needed something that would work well for the type of fence system I use.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n If your fence is temporary like a lot of mine are, you could move the fence and mow where it previously was.<\/p>\n However, I have found that in the middle of the summer, especially when it’s hot and the ground is dried out, the posts are hard to pull out and even harder to put back into the ground.<\/p>\n And with the amount of fence I have, this would be a huge pain. I needed a simpler solution than this.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\nSpraying Natural Weed Killer Under a Fence<\/h2>\n\n\t\t \t\t
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Using a Weed Barrier Under a Fence<\/h2>\n\n\t\t \t\t
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Using a Weed Eater Under a Fence<\/h2>\n\n\t\t \t\t
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Moving the Fence<\/h2>\n
Using the Greenworks Hedge Trimmer Under a Fence<\/h2>\n\n\t\t \t\t
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