On 07/07/2014 16:14, Louise89 wrote:
Hi, i hope i am posting this in the right place, this is my first ever
post.

I have some bushes that someone started to cut down for me.. (i am now
left with a huge pile of sharp, thorny garden waste which im attempting
to get rid of one green bin at a time...)

Why were you trying to do this? Roses generally look very pretty at this
time of year and a bit of pruning will normally sort them out.

My problem is i have a 3 year old daughter and now am left with 2 rose
bushes, three other bushes (no idea!) and what im told is a very small
oak tree (about 2ft high, its like a little bush with oak leaves).

At that size it will come out with a decent fork without much trouble.
Depending on how big the various trees were a fork and a spade should be
enough to get the roots out. You might also need a big lopper.

Theyve all been cut back as far as my rubbish gardening equipment would
allow, but now im left with them like that thanks to my friends help..
what can i do? Theyre literallly no leaves/flowers just sharp or thorny
branches!

They will probably regrow nicely again after a drastic cut back.

Am i literally going to have to dig them out one by one to the root?
Today i applied some bush killer (similar to round ups bush killer i
think) but ive no idea how long ill wait, or if ill still need to dig
them all up?

But not if you apply SBK. Roses can be pretty and perfumed and small
children quickly learn not to get caught by the thorns.

Any suggestions or help would be most appreciated, i am a totaly newbie
to having a garden and really just want a little garden with some easy
flowers and a veg patch eventually when this is dealt with.

It might have been worth deciding if any were nice enough to keep.
Garden makeover programmes with the nuclear clearance option followed by
the expensive buy and die strategy have a lot to answer for.

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Regards,
Martin Brown