Help me control my neighbors' bermuda grass crossing through the fence and spreading! It needs to be a permanent "cure." Thanks, lrpack@nts-online.net

Your best "permanent" solution is to have a barricade that the grass can't creep over or under. Usually paving stones 12 inches wide will prevent the creep over. A barricade down about 4-6 inches in the soil should be deep enough to prevent a creep under. Of course, this won't stop the spread of seed (in the case of common bermuda). Only frequent mowing will prevent this. Good luck.

You didn't say where you were from or what variety of burmuda you have, but I have found the old-fashioned common bermuda that was planted in the west a tenacious foe that needs perpetual vigilance. It's roots can grow down several feet and it sends out runners that can grow across a driveway. The only way t get rid of it is by repeated use of herbicides and digging out the roots. If you have a neighbor with it, this means redoing it every year because it is an agressive grower and reseeds easily. Good Luck, I've been trying to get rid of mine for eight years. Nora from Arizona.