The OP said

Hi All, newbie from Essex

Subject: Hi All, newbie from Essex.
From: Mark Baigent
Newsgroups: uk.rec.gardening


Hi all

Absolute novice here.

At the tender age of 50yrs I finally decided to try gardening and do
something with my garden.

My garden is 150ft long by 22ft wide. About 40ft of the end of my garden
is brambles and stinging nettles. 18 years ago I promised my wife that I
would sort it out.

Today I started (must not rush things) by using a borrowed hedge trimmer
to cut all the jungle down to earth level, I need to level a mound of
earth to make a sitting area under a big oak tree. I guess that I will
turf it as well.

But do I need to do anything to stop all the nettles, brambles etc
coming back up?

To be honest it looks like a huge task which has held me back from
starting before.

All the best
Mark




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Mark Baigent


I for one am a bit confused with it all and have read some of the replies,
but not all of them.
Bitching, sarky, praggy, sometimes threatening answers have been posted.

Is it all a bone of contention? Does Pastor work? If so how does a domestic
household obtain such a powerful set of chemicals? We can all get
glyphosate but in a weak solution, yet can not be trusted to have it in an
industrial strength!
Time will tell but I am willing to bet that the op did not anticipate such
a tangled and confused reply.

Baz