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Old 08-03-2006, 12:34 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Dave Fawthrop
 
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Default Turning a *road* into a wildlife Garden?

On Wed, 08 Mar 2006 09:17:52 +0000, Broadback wrote:

|Dave Fawthrop wrote:
| On Sun, 05 Mar 2006 16:55:53 GMT, "Phil L"
| wrote:
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| |I've used these to break up a similar sized patch of 6 inch concrete which
| |is a lot harder than tarmac [1]...another question is what are you going to
| |do with the chunks of tarmac afterwards?
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| Leave it, it will be thin, and hopefully it will not poison plants.
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|Janet suggested gorse, yes it will grow on poor soil, it is trying to
|colonise the poor part of my garden. The problem is that it is very
|invasive, and takes over everything, also rabbits love the protection,
|and they will ruin most plants and small trees! If you have ever seen
|gorse lined slopes you will know what I mean.

Not gorse, or brambles they are much too invasive.
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