"Derek Turner" wrote in message
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On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:05:48 +0100, Kathy wrote:

Problem No 1. Jerusalem artichokes - how do I get rid of them? So far
I've tried digging them up, glysophate and, with one lot, covering them
with black plastic for a year. They are *still* growing! Previous bod
must have liked them as he planted them at both ends of the plot.

I suggest you develop a taste for them: it will be quicker in the long
run More seriously, previous bod may well have planted them as a wind-
break at either end. Are you /sure/ you don't need this windbreak?


Certainly not at the back, where there is a quite substantial, and very
pretty, rose and clematis hedge. And not really at the front, either. The
wind tends to come across the plot rather than up/down it. Unless I light a
fire of course. Then it comes from wherever will blow the smoke to where
I'm working, regardless of which direction it was blowing when I lit the
fire.

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Kathy