Our drive is a large concrete slab adjoining the garage, a "green" (muddy) turning area, which happily soaks up the rain, and weed-infested old concrete down to the road.
I use a strimmer where necessary, but good-old weeding down on my knees is required several times a year. It's hard work, but worth the effort.
I've never used weed-killer, but confess to using salt in the winter, to avoid sliding the car into the side wall of the house. It certainly doesn't keep any of the weeds at bay.
I don't want to stimulate an argument but we (Management) use salt quite liberally, but only on our rather old tarmac that sports weeds in an ever growing number of cracks. Once it rains, it all washes away down on to the road. No other plant life is affected.
@yholland1 - I think repeated doses of weed killer is the way to go. A time-saving way could be to weed just a section, say a route to the house or front of the drive, and spend a bit of time making one bit good rather than trying to tackle the whole thing.
Curve ball… all those little weeds are providing habitats and food for wildlife so could you find a way to embrace them? Maybe make a planter with wildflowers and some pots with colourful pollinator friendly plants to make the area go from weed-central to wildlife haven. 🐝
Sorry, Dove. We're pretty religious about other life forms, and don't use weed killer(s) anywhere else. Nettles for butterflies, buddleia etc. and part of our large lawn left as a wild flower 'meadow'. We're only mild sinners.
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I use a strimmer where necessary, but good-old weeding down on my knees is required several times a year. It's hard work, but worth the effort.
I've never used weed-killer, but confess to using salt in the winter, to avoid sliding the car into the side wall of the house. It certainly doesn't keep any of the weeds at bay.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.