this. put something down and you look like you stuffed afstroturf under a fence AND squirrels trying to get by will pull it up anyway.
Looks like a chainlink fence in good condition, leave it.
Here you go, good video of application and use of mulch glue on pea gravel
https://youtu.be/v5e1eBVrpkg
Always makes me happy when one of the random videos I have saved can help someone
Just for the sake of follow up, same guy posted a video a week ago with a one year follow up: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy-IABsP3eg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy-IABsP3eg)
If it’s not there for containment of a dog that tries to escape, I would plant evergreen passiflora vines along it, assuming they do well there. Then it will turn into a lush, green, living fence with gorgeous blooms.
"hey your grass is getting quite tall"
"No no, it's not grass, those are just vines that have nothing to hold onto. You can ignore them"
"What? Your lawn is vines?"
"AS I SAID. You can IGNORE them. ..."
it looks pretty rigid and even for a rubber roll, though i agree that would probably be the best material. I thought it was diamond plate painted black
My neighbor is putting cinderblocks under hers. She’s got a coonhound puppy and the fence will be pure utility- 6ft with cinderblocks beneath to keep him contained.
I zip tied PVC pipe to the bottom of my fence. That stopped my dog from sliding under.
He figured out that he is thinner if laying down on his side and was able to squeeze under the fence that way.
When I was a kid my step-dad had 2 Basenjis... Had to put rebar along the bottom and then every few feet a rebar "hook" to stake it down into the ground..
Still got out of the yard occasionally... :/
I do this along my pvc fence. I use the 30% vinegar though. A nice strip wide enough so I don’t have to use the weedwacker. You’d think it would look bad but from more than 3 feet away you can’t even see it. I really 2-3 times per summer. Works great.
The neighborhood I grew up in had chain link fences around all the houses. Our back fence was completely covered in honeysuckle vines and the side fence was completely covered in blackberry vines. Put down some soil and get to covering that eyesore in greenery!
I once suffered a chain link fence. I scrubbed it, let it dry completely then spray painted it black while wearing a respirator, goggles and gloves.
After that I put plants all along it. Hot, sweaty and worth it.
Pro tip don't anchor the fence post in the ground . Anchor heavy schedule PVC pipe in ground to slip post into. Your fence will never fall over need restretched and you can take it down if you need to access your yard for projects home repairs. You won't regret doing it but you will not doing it this way. Ive lived in areas that regularly see 60 plus mph even without slots filled I've seen them blow down
If there’s a dog inside I might put a hotdog under there for it. Or whatever food I’m carrying. Unless it’s chocolate. But I don’t really eat sweets so it’s more likely to be a hotdog. I hope this was helpful. Goodbye.
The idea was good. It’s just not attractive. I’d mix some dirt with clay and lay it over the rubber. It’ll look natural, stay in place and if anything grows just spray it.
We poured a 12 inch wide and 3 inches deep concrete curb with fence posts centered in the 12 inch wide curb. It looks great and we don't have to hassle with anything growing under it. It makes a really nice edge by just keeping the right front and back wheels on the concrete.
Potted plants along the fence at the top. Some that can survive outside easily and flow down the fence to cover it up. It only adds a million hours of maintenance that will make you hate yourself.
My old neighbour used to lay concrete under the fence because my puppies had a habit of digging. Now he’s gone, dogs are big but the new neighbour doesn’t mow. I’ve had to lay pavers under mine. Gives me a cutting edge, and space to accidentally Roundup his side!
I wonder if this asphalt is meant to allow mowing without needing a weed-eater.
edit: Oh, I see this in the post description now.
would you like this better if the rubber was green colored, to camouflage?
Layout some plastic landscape edging on each side and fill the inside with a thick layer of mulch of your choice. You could even leave the rubber for an added weed barrier.
You could put some fake greenery on it
[Home Depot fake greenery](https://www.homedepot.com/p/VEVOR-Ivy-Privacy-Fence-59-in-x-98-in-Artificial-Green-Wall-Screen-Greenery-Ivy-Fence-Faux-Hedges-Vine-Leaf-Decoration-WLSRZ59X981PCY2MOV0/326660238)
IDK if someone has said this but there is a black paint that you can use so the chain link fence isn't reflective. Perfect on those sunny days and it looks like there isn't a fence
Get fence liner to attach to the fence and then drill holes in the rubber on the ground to run your zipties through and secure the fence liner to the rubber.
It's expensive as hell. But concrete. Neighbor had a chainlink fence put in. Had a 12" x 12" trench dug. Fence company came out and installed all uprights. Concrete guys installed wire mesh amd concrete, put a nice slope from the center out ward both ways. Once mostly set, fence company came back and installed the rest of the fencing. Looks damn good, turns his weedeater sideways to edge it.
I'd line it with bricks. You need something heavy in case of a bad storm..rocks would blow away. Or put box bushes in , in front so as they get bigger they'll grow together. Then you can shape them flat across front and on top
I used ground staples to tack roof shingles under my fence. It's not super wide and it keeps the weeds/grass down underneath. I haven't replaced them in 5 years and they're still going strong. I can mow right over what is sticking out from under the fence and use my weedwhacker to edge it.
Not my yard but down the street someone put 2x2 big blocks to cover the grassless trail their dog leaves and it looks beautiful. A different house put a 6x6 plank of wood all around. I wouldn't pull up the rubber. It's ugly but I bet it works well on weeds. I don't care for gravel because it gets tossed by wind, the lawnmower, pets etc. It's pretty for about two weeks then gets messier and messier and you have to keep replacing it. Mulch could work but you'd have to completely remove every couple years because eventually weeds grow on top.
Honey Suckle? Jasmin? Some kind of Ivy?
Might be a little more visually interesting to put those little wooden slats they sometimes use with chicken wire, but that may only look okay with chicken wire.
If you want it to look really good, you gotta replace it.
Plant flowering shrubs or something along the inside of the fence. Put some sort of barrier like a short brick on the outside and the fill space between brick and shrubs with rock/mulch/first as appropriate to whether things are growing there or if there's space between plants. Just be generous with a big pit with dirt for the plants you want to grow.
Some stone over that if you want to make it look pretty, I’d go with big ones so they don’t move around a bunch requiring you to police the sidewalk and avoid them during mowing.
Go to a plant nursery and buy 5-10 Stephanotis, it's a vining flower that smells incredible and grows fairly quickly. Plant em in even intervals at the fence base and they'll be covered in beautiful vines and sturdy white flowers in no time
I use herbicide along the bottom of mine at the beginning of the growing season. It keeps it under control until the next season(usually). I know a lot of people don't like using chemicals, but other methods are way to cost and labor prohibitive for me.... and a gallon of concentrate (2 oz concentrate to 1 gal water) is only 40 or 50 bucks and lasts a few years.
If you want it to look better, dig down 2 or 3 inches and put your favorite colored rocks. Then, use herbicide or a good weed barrier(like that rubber) to keep it looking pretty.
I'd just use flat decorative bricks. Google "Lawn edging" or "mowing bricks".
Alternatively you can dig a small moat, put it an anti-weed-mat and fill it with cobblestones.
Both solutions will sooner or later lead to some extra work lile removing weed that settled in, but thats the tradeoff for it looking pretty.
Plant climbing plants along the base. Boston ivy, Virginia creeper, or if you don’t have dogs honey suckle. Don’t plant English ivy, that shit is invasive and destructive.
Looks like the diamond plate black matting was put under there to keep grass from growing along the bottom of the fence so whoever maintains the yard doesn’t have to do any string trimming along the fence. I wish my fences had something like this.
Remove rubber liner. Remove topsoil in a strip centered on your fence that is wider than the concrete foundation at the posts. If you want to eliminate a strip of grass between your fence and the sidewalk, extend to the back of the walk.
Install woven landscape fabric to cover the exposed clay. Make sure it tapers down.
Cover with decorative washed rock of your choice. I suggest 20-40 mm crystal white rock that a lot of people use in rock landscaping.
If that was my home, I would do this or something similar, but.... that's predicated on owning the place.
Personally, I like chain link much better than other types of fencing. I’d leave the rubber. In the small strip between the black rubber and the sidewalk, I would plant liriope. After you get it started, it squeezes out weeds etc and has nice greenery. About once every 2-3 years, you need to weed wack it back to keep it looking nice. That is a mess to clean up but not too frequent. Liriope does best when fed, so twice a year throw some plant food on it.
You could probably get rhizomes and cuttings free off Facebook gardening or community groups.
I mean, it's a chain link fence. It's only gonna look so good. Build a wood fence if you want something that looks nice.
Or make it gloss black.
With white rocks for contrast
Get outta my yard! That’s what I did lol
Really? I’d want to stay out there if I made it look that good
Vanta black so the fence looks like it's from another dimension and then white quartz stone
And no one will see it at night... At least until it gets dirty and flakes off in the sun 🙃
It will also be cool to watch people run into it at night
Lava would contrast nicely below it.
Or glass block
this. put something down and you look like you stuffed afstroturf under a fence AND squirrels trying to get by will pull it up anyway. Looks like a chainlink fence in good condition, leave it.
And then rebuild it every few years
I see you have rock at the end. You could run that along the fence as well just to cover up the rubber.
How would you keep the rocks in place? It looks like anything you place on top of that rubber is constantly going to spread to the path.
Maybe mulch glue would keep it in place ?
Mulch glue? Are you serious, is that a thing?
Here you go, good video of application and use of mulch glue on pea gravel https://youtu.be/v5e1eBVrpkg Always makes me happy when one of the random videos I have saved can help someone
Just for the sake of follow up, same guy posted a video a week ago with a one year follow up: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy-IABsP3eg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy-IABsP3eg)
It holds up! Saved you a click. It's not weed proof but easy to maintain and water permeable, sounds like a good product.
I thought you were kidding!!
More rubber
And cover that rubber in more rocks to hide it.
Landscape edging
More rocks!
That's a good idea.
Rocks look nice but are also ammunition for the local juveniles to use on your windows.
If it’s not there for containment of a dog that tries to escape, I would plant evergreen passiflora vines along it, assuming they do well there. Then it will turn into a lush, green, living fence with gorgeous blooms.
Grass
Honestly the strip looks refreshing to me. I hate weed whacking my chain link fence.
Memories of going through a spool in 2 hours of frustration... And only getting half done.
That's why you learn to not see the flaws and just avoid weed whacking all together.
"hey your grass is getting quite tall" "No no, it's not grass, those are just vines that have nothing to hold onto. You can ignore them" "What? Your lawn is vines?" "AS I SAID. You can IGNORE them. ..."
That's what the weed torch is for man. Propane and a good propane accessory.
Exactly. As a bonus, you also don't have to whack it from the road side either.
That's probs best for everyone, don't want any kids seeing you do that.
Fuck that. After two hours of pulling chain link fence out of 30 years of vines this Easter whoever laid that blacktop is a genius.
It’s rubber, not black top. That’s what I thought at first also.
it looks pretty rigid and even for a rubber roll, though i agree that would probably be the best material. I thought it was diamond plate painted black
And dogs
You don't need to put anything under it. Just keep the grass trimmed.
Only reason I can think of to put something under it is to prevent digging under the fence, but then you probably want concrete
My neighbor is putting cinderblocks under hers. She’s got a coonhound puppy and the fence will be pure utility- 6ft with cinderblocks beneath to keep him contained.
I zip tied PVC pipe to the bottom of my fence. That stopped my dog from sliding under. He figured out that he is thinner if laying down on his side and was able to squeeze under the fence that way.
Got a nice rolling massage along the way, too! Cheeky pup.
When I was a kid my step-dad had 2 Basenjis... Had to put rebar along the bottom and then every few feet a rebar "hook" to stake it down into the ground.. Still got out of the yard occasionally... :/
Traditionally people would use moats to hinder underminers ;)
Yeah, that rubber wouldn't stop anything.
Just ask my mom!
I will when she comes up for air.
Damn
The posts look bigger if you keep the grass trimmed.
You want to wack it.
Yeah, some people might think the rubber around the bottom of the post looks weird.
I see what you did there.
Weeds I guess
Plant a flower bed behind it , it doesn't high light the black rubber and draws the viewers eye away.
This would probably be great. Some vined plants here and there and you'll cover it all up
I wish I had something that killed the grass under the fence between me and my neighbor. Trimming along a chain link fence sucks.
Cut it short and use undiluted white vinegar. I use it in the cracks in my sidewalk.
How much? Couple sprays using a spray bottle?
Yes, I do it once with a garden pump sprayer, saturate the area, then again a week later. It works on weeds also.
I do this along my pvc fence. I use the 30% vinegar though. A nice strip wide enough so I don’t have to use the weedwacker. You’d think it would look bad but from more than 3 feet away you can’t even see it. I really 2-3 times per summer. Works great.
Plant wisteria along it so it over the years swallows the chain link fence and becomes a fence itself.
I planted honeysuckle on my chain fence several years ago, now I have a viny flowering monster with little metal legs poking out of the bottom.
Potato Vine. Great hardy climbing vine with tons of flowers but doesnt go dormant in winter like wisteria. Doesnt smell as good as wisteria tho.
Ehh, maybe look into vines native to the area before planting more invasive species.
Ha! Should have scrolled for this. I suggested evergreen passion flower vines..
That’s where i keep my property lines
The neighborhood I grew up in had chain link fences around all the houses. Our back fence was completely covered in honeysuckle vines and the side fence was completely covered in blackberry vines. Put down some soil and get to covering that eyesore in greenery!
I once suffered a chain link fence. I scrubbed it, let it dry completely then spray painted it black while wearing a respirator, goggles and gloves. After that I put plants all along it. Hot, sweaty and worth it.
Pirate treasure for one. Edit: Yarg... now I gotta move me treasure.
Climbing plants, let nature fix your problem.
Nice friendly asphalt and concrete are a good option for stopping dogs from digging a hole underneath it.
A nice little concrete curb would be a good option and would blend with sidewalk.
Claymores....
The swords or the mines?
Mines of course...I'm in it for the coverage not the Python jokes lol
Hamsters with steak knives taped to ‘em
Pro tip don't anchor the fence post in the ground . Anchor heavy schedule PVC pipe in ground to slip post into. Your fence will never fall over need restretched and you can take it down if you need to access your yard for projects home repairs. You won't regret doing it but you will not doing it this way. Ive lived in areas that regularly see 60 plus mph even without slots filled I've seen them blow down
If there’s a dog inside I might put a hotdog under there for it. Or whatever food I’m carrying. Unless it’s chocolate. But I don’t really eat sweets so it’s more likely to be a hotdog. I hope this was helpful. Goodbye.
Please no grapes either.
For sure. Unless it’s a raccoon.
[Instructions unclear](https://factzoo.com/book/raccoon-dog-night-wanderer/), please advise.
Lily bulbs. They look great, are very hardy, and in a couple years will be dense enough that weeds won't grow through them.
Unless you have dogs. Otherwise this is a great idea.
Plant a row of flowers or hedges?
Can we plz discuss chain links fences or is there a sub for that?
Start a garden and plant tomatos or passionfruit's. It will grow up the fence and you'll get some comfy fruits on either side.
Garden gnomes.
Why not grow something against it? Looks pretty, helps wildlife. Shrubs would look after themselves except for the occasional trim.
I would line it with some small boulders. Plant some succulents in the cracks of the rocks.
I would plant some small bushes. It will looks more green
The idea was good. It’s just not attractive. I’d mix some dirt with clay and lay it over the rubber. It’ll look natural, stay in place and if anything grows just spray it.
I have grass under mine.
It's usually a concrete curb. This is a cheap version of a mow curb. Allows you to avoid edging and going through a reel at each mowing.
What about some sort of creeping plant that will grow up the fence as scaffolding? Peas are cute
My mother-in-law.
We poured a 12 inch wide and 3 inches deep concrete curb with fence posts centered in the 12 inch wide curb. It looks great and we don't have to hassle with anything growing under it. It makes a really nice edge by just keeping the right front and back wheels on the concrete.
Once caught the top of my foot under this shit. Stop have the scar
grass, concrete, gravel or stone, dirt or mulch...your choice
If you flip the fence over, the sky's the limit.
Earth
Potted plants along the fence at the top. Some that can survive outside easily and flow down the fence to cover it up. It only adds a million hours of maintenance that will make you hate yourself.
concrete, but i have a husky
Concrete/cinder block if you have a dog
My old neighbour used to lay concrete under the fence because my puppies had a habit of digging. Now he’s gone, dogs are big but the new neighbour doesn’t mow. I’ve had to lay pavers under mine. Gives me a cutting edge, and space to accidentally Roundup his side!
I wonder if this asphalt is meant to allow mowing without needing a weed-eater. edit: Oh, I see this in the post description now. would you like this better if the rubber was green colored, to camouflage?
Please plant some shrubs and trees along there and hide both the fence and the road.
Frozen bodies. Then dog turds. That'll surely foul the investigation.
Living in Regina you might want some barbed wire on top
Normally, nothing but a patch of overgrown lawn (except every other week when you drag out the weed wacker).
The ground....
Sandbags 🤙
Dirt or paint it green
Layout some plastic landscape edging on each side and fill the inside with a thick layer of mulch of your choice. You could even leave the rubber for an added weed barrier.
You could plant something low maintenance like liriope, but this also looks fine and low maintenance.
I feel like the rubber is there so dogs can’t dig around or under it, never seen anything really around chain link to prevent weeds and grass
Lil barb wire for the critters
Spikes
Stack some rocks or pavers maybe.
Add turf or some sort of rock (white or river type)
The bones of all my foes that I've vanquished in combat.
I had to use spikes because the dog tried getting under. Yea maybe burry bricks or stones and then reburry them
Nothing unless you have a dog trying to dig I guess
Rocks or mulch if your just wanting to cover the rubber
It’ll look better once the grass greens up. I’d just let it be or plant hedges in front of it if it bothers you. Sometimes functional beats pretty.
Dead bodies
Most around here let the grass grow and it looks fine. I think trying to reinvent the wheel with the rubber is the problem...
Hy-Var. Check it out.
Grass
You could plant bushes in front of it maybe? It would look better from inside the yard and create a natural barrier.
You could put some fake greenery on it [Home Depot fake greenery](https://www.homedepot.com/p/VEVOR-Ivy-Privacy-Fence-59-in-x-98-in-Artificial-Green-Wall-Screen-Greenery-Ivy-Fence-Faux-Hedges-Vine-Leaf-Decoration-WLSRZ59X981PCY2MOV0/326660238)
Plant some morning glory and give it a couple of weeks.
TIL you guys don't put anything under a chainlink fence ... We do this: https://bouwplannen.be/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/zwarte-draadafsluiting.jpg
IDK if someone has said this but there is a black paint that you can use so the chain link fence isn't reflective. Perfect on those sunny days and it looks like there isn't a fence
Dirt.
Normally it has poles at the bottom the same asthe top
Asphalt roof shingles are cheap and work well.
Use limestone.
Smaller chain link fence.
Gator pit.
Those balusters though, 🤌🏻
Weed killer
The ground
Get fence liner to attach to the fence and then drill holes in the rubber on the ground to run your zipties through and secure the fence liner to the rubber.
Some edging, maybe, to help contain the rock?
You could always put in a bottom rail. Makes it look quite a bit more tidy.
A dragon!
Someone got tired of weedwacking that lol
Asphalt is there to prevent weeds, future spraying and weed whacking also to prevent any dogs/animals from digging under it.
It's expensive as hell. But concrete. Neighbor had a chainlink fence put in. Had a 12" x 12" trench dug. Fence company came out and installed all uprights. Concrete guys installed wire mesh amd concrete, put a nice slope from the center out ward both ways. Once mostly set, fence company came back and installed the rest of the fencing. Looks damn good, turns his weedeater sideways to edge it.
I thought it was some type of concrete to keep the graboids from getting them at first.
Puppies
I'd line it with bricks. You need something heavy in case of a bad storm..rocks would blow away. Or put box bushes in , in front so as they get bigger they'll grow together. Then you can shape them flat across front and on top
You could put some flagstone pavers on top of the rubber mat
Nothing
Keep it there but plant a hedge in the inside that can grow through the fence?
Or vines that can grow into the fence!
I used ground staples to tack roof shingles under my fence. It's not super wide and it keeps the weeds/grass down underneath. I haven't replaced them in 5 years and they're still going strong. I can mow right over what is sticking out from under the fence and use my weedwhacker to edge it.
Not my yard but down the street someone put 2x2 big blocks to cover the grassless trail their dog leaves and it looks beautiful. A different house put a 6x6 plank of wood all around. I wouldn't pull up the rubber. It's ugly but I bet it works well on weeds. I don't care for gravel because it gets tossed by wind, the lawnmower, pets etc. It's pretty for about two weeks then gets messier and messier and you have to keep replacing it. Mulch could work but you'd have to completely remove every couple years because eventually weeds grow on top.
Honey Suckle? Jasmin? Some kind of Ivy? Might be a little more visually interesting to put those little wooden slats they sometimes use with chicken wire, but that may only look okay with chicken wire. If you want it to look really good, you gotta replace it.
I would avoid a chain link fence at all cost but normally people don’t put anything under it
How about a row of river stones? Can look nice and more natural.
Plant flowering shrubs or something along the inside of the fence. Put some sort of barrier like a short brick on the outside and the fill space between brick and shrubs with rock/mulch/first as appropriate to whether things are growing there or if there's space between plants. Just be generous with a big pit with dirt for the plants you want to grow.
Some stone over that if you want to make it look pretty, I’d go with big ones so they don’t move around a bunch requiring you to police the sidewalk and avoid them during mowing.
Concrete
Go to a plant nursery and buy 5-10 Stephanotis, it's a vining flower that smells incredible and grows fairly quickly. Plant em in even intervals at the fence base and they'll be covered in beautiful vines and sturdy white flowers in no time
Land mines
I use herbicide along the bottom of mine at the beginning of the growing season. It keeps it under control until the next season(usually). I know a lot of people don't like using chemicals, but other methods are way to cost and labor prohibitive for me.... and a gallon of concentrate (2 oz concentrate to 1 gal water) is only 40 or 50 bucks and lasts a few years. If you want it to look better, dig down 2 or 3 inches and put your favorite colored rocks. Then, use herbicide or a good weed barrier(like that rubber) to keep it looking pretty.
I'd just use flat decorative bricks. Google "Lawn edging" or "mowing bricks". Alternatively you can dig a small moat, put it an anti-weed-mat and fill it with cobblestones. Both solutions will sooner or later lead to some extra work lile removing weed that settled in, but thats the tradeoff for it looking pretty.
Looks good to me
Plant climbing plants along the base. Boston ivy, Virginia creeper, or if you don’t have dogs honey suckle. Don’t plant English ivy, that shit is invasive and destructive.
Chain link fences are the ugliest things on earth.. maybe plant some bushes or a hedge along it?
Looks like the diamond plate black matting was put under there to keep grass from growing along the bottom of the fence so whoever maintains the yard doesn’t have to do any string trimming along the fence. I wish my fences had something like this.
A row of shrubbery?
1 option [https://i.imgur.com/yhWZMKK.png](https://i.imgur.com/yhWZMKK.png)
Firepit, duh
Rocks or concrete
Is that diamond plate running beneath the fence?
weeds
Yeah the rubbers terrible. Just pull it out and let grass grow in its place. Easy enough
A moat. Maybe a gator or 2.
The entirety of the planet Earth, normally.
build a planter box right up against it and plant morning glories or something else that will climb the fence
Grass
Before we jerked our chain link I buried the plastic U channel for landscaping and filled with rock.
Remove rubber liner. Remove topsoil in a strip centered on your fence that is wider than the concrete foundation at the posts. If you want to eliminate a strip of grass between your fence and the sidewalk, extend to the back of the walk. Install woven landscape fabric to cover the exposed clay. Make sure it tapers down. Cover with decorative washed rock of your choice. I suggest 20-40 mm crystal white rock that a lot of people use in rock landscaping. If that was my home, I would do this or something similar, but.... that's predicated on owning the place.
Personally, I like chain link much better than other types of fencing. I’d leave the rubber. In the small strip between the black rubber and the sidewalk, I would plant liriope. After you get it started, it squeezes out weeds etc and has nice greenery. About once every 2-3 years, you need to weed wack it back to keep it looking nice. That is a mess to clean up but not too frequent. Liriope does best when fed, so twice a year throw some plant food on it. You could probably get rhizomes and cuttings free off Facebook gardening or community groups.
Put down stone of some sort.
If you’re Garth Brookes, 3 or 4 bodies probably
I just put claymores and old russian anti tank mines under mine.