Ugh block paving woes

[Allmyarseandpeggymartin]

The house builders (in their wisdom) on our newish new build estate decided to block pave our street.

As you can imagine the edges around our house look dreadful - we’ve got one of those wire scraper things but we are struggling to keep on top of it (I’d rather be enjoying my actual garden but I’m sick of the neighbours looking at it with despair and tutting about bringing house prices down) - any ideas?

Hi @Allmyarseandpeggymartin
Not sure if you mean that there are weeds growing around the edges of the paving?

I have the same problem in my front garden and it’s getting to point were I’m out there weekly pulling up weeds but it doesn’t seem to make a difference.

I can’t use weed killer because we have cats that pass through.

Can I ask how much vinegar and salt to use in a spray?

Salt. Morrison’s sell kilo bags of cheap cooking salt and you sweep it over the drive. The rain washes it in and nothing grows for a couple of months.

Ndn used to use jeyes fluid on his which makes the whole area smell like a latrine after a deep clean. It’s also not great for wildlife so I use salt.

Thank you both. I’ll give it a try.

Boil a kettle. Pour it on the weeds. Repeat with next patch.