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Old 11-10-2008, 08:48 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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On 11 Oct, 14:22, "Mary Fisher" wrote:
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I need some advice can someone tell me how to get rid of these bushes
they just seem to come back apart from using a flame thrower and it's
moving up the list, is there something less dangerous?

A goat.

Sensible suggestions please

Nothing silly about that - plant a goat near brambles in spring and
it'll eat all the new shoots, as well as the leaves on the old wood.

OK, you may not have a goat, but should you know someone fairly close by
who has, they might be quite pleased to have a bit of extra grazing.

Otherwise, I fear the answer is multiple applications of something like
glyphosate or Brushwood Killer, or better still, a slasher followed by a
mattock.

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