It actually looks really nice with the concrete strip.
JustWowinCA
I’d do it. The ease of clean up would be awesome. I’m all about keeping yard work easy.
AppropriateFigures
Very connom at the bottom of chainlink for the weed wacking purposes.
cleverpaws101
It would look better. Now it looks like you forgot to finish it.
Manigator
Looks better, you can also spray paint and make it green like lawn.
PrintOk8045
That’ll look fine and won’t be too expensive if you can do your own concrete work. Also, looks like you’re dividing the non-agrarian strip of your parcel from your orchard on the right, so you could deduct it as an agricultural improvement expense.
party_benson
Make sure the water doesn’t pool when it rains. Mosquitoes.
Derelicticu
It looks nicer with the concrete, and you’re definitely right about the yardwork, that would be a dream, plus it would probably help stability in the long term by prevent any posts from individually tilting, *and* would also prevent any dogs or whatever from digging under the fence. Looks like a win-win-win-win to me.
cluelessk3
Should of been done before the fence.
Looks like a headache now.
Annual_Judge_7272
Great idea 🤫
Alarmed-Resolve8724
It’s a great plan. I’ve been debating on doing this because I hate weed eating along the fence line. It looks good too
Mickirust
You’ll still have to weed eat around the concrete.
Concrete be a lot of work, if it’s that important,
If it was me, I’m lazy, i kill the weeds, round up, and mulch it
Pristine-Staff-2914
It will look good if you can do both sides. If the other side of the fence is a neighbor who is unwilling you won’t get the nice clean look you may be aiming for.
BreadNugget
The strip is awesome. I’ve got a privacy fence, neighbor has chain link. Getting the weeds out from between them is basically impossible without chemical bomb. Do the concrete, great
guinnypig
Do you live somewhere it freezes and thaws a lot? There’s a reason you don’t see concrete curbing in landscape in the Midwest very often.
jad19090
Formed out correctly that wouldn’t be too bad of a job. I’d do it
spacekataza
If it freezes where you live then bricks could be a better option. Continuous strips of concrete will shift and crumble due to frost heaving, and may pull your fence posts up at an angle after a few years, whereas individual bricks will just shimmy a little and mostly stay in place.
Coachmen2000
No. It would look great. I’ve used old house bricks long ago before we had string trimmers
Yes, at one point in time we had to use those things that look similar to scissors and you had to squeeze them to cut
Johns3b
Looks great, I am going to do that for my garden, it will help to keep out rabbits who dig under
Also keeps the weeds and grass under control under the fench
Acceptable_Idea_4178
Why do you need to weed eat around the fence line in the first place? Is it an electric fence?
Sea_Guide_524
It would look uniform.
mrbradleyacooper
Concrete is a clearer look, keeps the grass and weeds out of the fence
jai_hos
it would look great!
Handlebar53
It looks great and has practical value.
Chance_Display_7454
use a fence line herbicide on the rest of the fence , much cheaper as long as you are ok with nothing growing there
PaleontologistFluid9
how are you gonna do that without ripping out the fence?
ComprehensivePin6097
I would do the same thing if I could. Thinking of putting a gravel patch on top of a weed blocker.
coffeebeeean
I design schools and often this is a request by maintenance staff to simplify yard work and clean up the edging. Residentially, I could also see how it helps to prevent bushes intertwining with the fence and becoming a larger hassle to maintain. My current rental has a lot of this because previous tenants didn’t trim bushes as they were growing against the fence line and now are impossible to remove from the chain link.
UniqueBeyond9831
Just plant grapes all the way down and start making wine.
jeffro422
Google something like Mow Strip – Fence Weed Barrier and maybe that would suit your needs. Cheaper than concrete of course.
Speedhabit
I would crime for this to be under my fence
houseswappa
From a law perspective do you need permission from the landowner on the other side ?
hobokobo1028
No that’s a great way to improve mowability.
Ffsletmesignin
Personally I prefer it, breaking up what is done randomly (concrete being under part of the fence then no concrete under the rest) gives a somewhat unfinished look imo.
The only thing I’m not a fan of is the curbing against the fence, it’s trapping leaves and a solid path on the ground would do what you need in keeping a barrier for the grass without trapping as much debris (I’m sure it was to define the planter area but I don’t think the tradeoff is worth it).
Adventurous-Fee428
Hell yeah do it much easier ran just run the mower up to the strip no weed eating
BothDescription766
Looks great and is functional. Helluva lot of work though!
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It actually looks really nice with the concrete strip.
I’d do it. The ease of clean up would be awesome. I’m all about keeping yard work easy.
Very connom at the bottom of chainlink for the weed wacking purposes.
It would look better. Now it looks like you forgot to finish it.
Looks better, you can also spray paint and make it green like lawn.
That’ll look fine and won’t be too expensive if you can do your own concrete work. Also, looks like you’re dividing the non-agrarian strip of your parcel from your orchard on the right, so you could deduct it as an agricultural improvement expense.
Make sure the water doesn’t pool when it rains. Mosquitoes.
It looks nicer with the concrete, and you’re definitely right about the yardwork, that would be a dream, plus it would probably help stability in the long term by prevent any posts from individually tilting, *and* would also prevent any dogs or whatever from digging under the fence. Looks like a win-win-win-win to me.
Should of been done before the fence.
Looks like a headache now.
Great idea 🤫
It’s a great plan. I’ve been debating on doing this because I hate weed eating along the fence line. It looks good too
You’ll still have to weed eat around the concrete.
Concrete be a lot of work, if it’s that important,
If it was me, I’m lazy, i kill the weeds, round up, and mulch it
It will look good if you can do both sides. If the other side of the fence is a neighbor who is unwilling you won’t get the nice clean look you may be aiming for.
The strip is awesome. I’ve got a privacy fence, neighbor has chain link. Getting the weeds out from between them is basically impossible without chemical bomb. Do the concrete, great
Do you live somewhere it freezes and thaws a lot? There’s a reason you don’t see concrete curbing in landscape in the Midwest very often.
Formed out correctly that wouldn’t be too bad of a job. I’d do it
If it freezes where you live then bricks could be a better option. Continuous strips of concrete will shift and crumble due to frost heaving, and may pull your fence posts up at an angle after a few years, whereas individual bricks will just shimmy a little and mostly stay in place.
No. It would look great. I’ve used old house bricks long ago before we had string trimmers
Yes, at one point in time we had to use those things that look similar to scissors and you had to squeeze them to cut
Looks great, I am going to do that for my garden, it will help to keep out rabbits who dig under
Also keeps the weeds and grass under control under the fench
Why do you need to weed eat around the fence line in the first place? Is it an electric fence?
It would look uniform.
Concrete is a clearer look, keeps the grass and weeds out of the fence
it would look great!
It looks great and has practical value.
use a fence line herbicide on the rest of the fence , much cheaper as long as you are ok with nothing growing there
how are you gonna do that without ripping out the fence?
I would do the same thing if I could. Thinking of putting a gravel patch on top of a weed blocker.
I design schools and often this is a request by maintenance staff to simplify yard work and clean up the edging. Residentially, I could also see how it helps to prevent bushes intertwining with the fence and becoming a larger hassle to maintain. My current rental has a lot of this because previous tenants didn’t trim bushes as they were growing against the fence line and now are impossible to remove from the chain link.
Just plant grapes all the way down and start making wine.
Google something like Mow Strip – Fence Weed Barrier and maybe that would suit your needs. Cheaper than concrete of course.
I would crime for this to be under my fence
From a law perspective do you need permission from the landowner on the other side ?
No that’s a great way to improve mowability.
Personally I prefer it, breaking up what is done randomly (concrete being under part of the fence then no concrete under the rest) gives a somewhat unfinished look imo.
The only thing I’m not a fan of is the curbing against the fence, it’s trapping leaves and a solid path on the ground would do what you need in keeping a barrier for the grass without trapping as much debris (I’m sure it was to define the planter area but I don’t think the tradeoff is worth it).
Hell yeah do it much easier ran just run the mower up to the strip no weed eating
Looks great and is functional. Helluva lot of work though!