Let me start off by saying since I got a chainlink fence last year the I've made a major investment in weed eater trimmer line....
Over the course of this winter and spring I did a lot of research on how to combat the problem....I was determined not to use herbicides....
My final idea to the problem was this.....
Its old bailer belting from a round bailer that I got from an impliment salvage yard. For the whole fence it only cost $50. I had toyed with this idea last year looking at new belting but the lineal cost was staggering at +$2 per foot....
I was able to use a hole saw and drill a hole the size of the post....I then notched it using a swazall and tucked it under the fence and slipped it around the post....
Here's what it looks like now.....
