Question
as a cemetery care taker with limited funds how can I best eliminate weeds and grasses from around monuments without damage to monuments. was advised rock salt might work well but then questioned if the salt would or could damage the  monuments or could cause mowers to rust

Answer
If you are talking about the spots right next to the monuments, I'd recommend just using RoundUp. The salt will ruin the soil, and it very well could cause damaging effects on the monuments and mowers.

RoundUp is fairly inexpensive, and you should be able to fit it into the budget.

-C.J. Brown