Sharlene,
Thank you for the suggestion, but at this stage of my gardening life, I think I am going to take a less labor intensive problem solving approach to that end of the garden.
It's time for me to shorten my project list and start enjoying my garden instead of working so dang hard ..
I am planting the roses I had purchased to put at that end of the fence bed in another part of the garden where they won't have to battle it out with juniper roots and will plan something else for that spot.
I was kind of joking when I said I would plant things I really don't care about there because I know that's when they will thrive. I'll see something that will call my name and will experiment.