"0tterbot" wrote in message
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(ugh!!!)

i was wondering if anyone has a good method to kill a big stand of pampas
grass? everyone was saying to us "burn it", however, we left that far too
late in the season & now we'd not only have trouble controlling the fire,
we'd probably get ourselves arrested even if it was controlled g.

at the moment it's been hacked right down to a lump, but the rotten thing
is sprouting again. what to do? is it possible for, say, one's husband to
dig it out? g
(farm1 - this might need more than good old boiling water! ;-)

thanks in advance if anyone has any ideas.
kylie

thank you very much for the advice, everybody!!

being rural now, and with a broke council to boot, we have 100% no chance of
council taking charge - we have to deal with our own noxious weeds, sigh. dh
shaved it down more with the brushcutter and i'll try glyphosate on the
shoots & see how that goes. when it's deader i'll ask dh to have a go at
digging out the remainder. heh.

there's all this lovely mulchy stuff in the middle!!!

interestingly, the pampas grass' main purpose may have been to filter or
shield whiffs from the septic tank. since it got a Serious Haircut, the
septic makes smells down that part of the yard. isn't that entirely
unfortunate?
kylie