Getting rid of grass in a gravel driveway?

Watcher, there are always environmental arguments in cities that use salt or chemicals for snow and ice for roadways or airports, because they do contaminate soil and any water catching runoff. Salt is also a contaminant. Have you ever seen a lot of bare earth along roadways that use salt? I doubt it...it would take a lot of salt to kill off vegetation. A lot more than they use on roadways. By the time you put down enough to keep your driveway clear, you'd be wiping out any gardens and lawns it can run off into. And contaminating groundwater, streams, etc. And salt doesn't go away. It ruins the soil forever.

I have a gravel driveway and I think it looks more natural when a bit of grass pokes up through it.

I'd like to think if my whole town were concerned about how I maintained MY driveway, I might assign each of them a specific day to come over and pick grass/weeds out of the gravel. That should do it!


You can go ahead and add more gravel but the grass will creep into it very quickly.

Round-up is safe after 24 hours. Expensive, but works!

Or you could black top or cement it.


Or just 'paint' your grass a 'gravel' color.

That doesn't work for the grass in my driveway, burn it to a char and it comes right back! (It's bermuda...)

I have an old metal bed frame that I put a few pallets on for weight and few times a summer after a good raid I drag the driveway with that. As long as I do it 4-5 times a summer that holds the grass at bay. And it's kind of fun dragging that behind the 4-wheeler once and a while, we all need mindless chores once and a while.

Our little house sits back from the road a ways and between two newer homes. I let the grass grow in the driveway and cut is once in a while. No one notices there is a house back between the two other houses and I like it that way. I even let the willow tree limbs grow down across the road for the same reason.

We use a box blade behind the tractor.

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We have the same problem. It doesn't bother me, but drives dh mad!! He tried vinegar and burning it, etc..to no avail.

Now he just drags it. Rakes it. Drags it again. This spring he actually rototilled it, then raked the clumps of grass out of it. Short-term fix.

Green gravel perhaps??

I feel your pain.

You know, the thing that gets me the most about it is that my neighbor across the street is preoccupied with his yard. I swear to you that he mows 3X a week in the summer. He has a gravel driveway and it is PERFECT. It looks like they just put the gravel down yesterday. Not a weed anywhere. Sigh. I don't know how he does it.

I guess maybe I should ask! LOL!

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I have one of those propane torches - bought to get around the fences. Does it work? NO! It's difficult to burn GREEN grass.