In reply to David (Normandy) ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

"Uncle Marvo" wrote in message
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In reply to Ed_Zep ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

We're talking *seriously* overgrown. Brambles have grown to over 8
ft high and spread into my garden. The rest of the garden is
different weeds but the whole plot is overgrown.

She spends her time looking after her elderly father and watching TV
and seems to have no inclination to do anything about it so I was
going to offer to help.

Apart from being a good neighbour, I may want to sell my house next
year.

Can anyone recommend the expeditious way of clearing all this
(particularly the brambles). The area of brambles is about 6 feet
wide, 8ft high, 20 feet long?

Thanks, Ed.

Either SBK (serious stuff) or Glysophate. The latter is friendlier.
Or a big industrial-strength petrol strimmer with a metal wire,
which is an afternoon's fun with a boy's toy.

Or a chainsaw, hedgetrimmer various applications of these until it
gets short enough to burn safely.

Been there done that with 8 feet high brambles. Glyphosate is no good
on brambles, it just makes them look poorly for a few weeks then they
continue growing with slightly deformed foliage. Even with repeat
full strength doses it survives. You have to use the strong
weedkiller. Digging them up will not succeed either as they will
regrow from small missed bits of root. Best bet is to chop them down
with a powerful strimmer first, burn or otherwise dispose of the cut
brambles, then spray the remainder. A repeat spray may be needed if
they start to sprout again. Once brambles get a good hold they are
difficult to eradicate, where they touch the ground they root so tend
to layer themselves all over the place. -
David.

Keep Glysophating. You'll need more than a couple of goes.

But yes, they are pure evil. SBK will kill them, and most other things, and
you can't regrow for a while.