How to stop weeds between fences and sheds without chemicals
Tight spaces like gaps between fences and sheds make weed removal difficult without constant physical pulling or heavy spraying. Planting dense, smothering ground cover or desirable plants along these narrow borders can block out weeds naturally. However, invasive weeds pushing through from neighboring properties make it hard to maintain a clear barrier without ongoing maintenance.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1using chemical weed sprays
- 2Planting aggressive spreaders like lavender and rosemary
- 3Using creeping thyme for lower cover
- 4Pulling weeds manually and applying a pre-emergent herbicide
- 5Planting thick native ground covers or grasses
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“My one concern would be the weeds growing between the fence and the shed and raised garden. How to remove them with put spraying alot of chemicals.”source ↗
“I've got about 20m of garden bed/knee hight retaining wall where weeds grow. What plants should I put in it?”source ↗
“I don't want to have to keep snipping it. Is there anything I can plant that will smother the weeds? Some of the weeds come in from the neighbours yard as the retaining wall/garden bed has a fence.”source ↗