Clearing land
Any suggestions on the best way to clear a very overgrown plot (gorse and
scrub to 10' high, but unsure what may be lurking below soil level) with a view to being able to rotavate and seed with grass, quite an area approx 4 house plot size. Was asked by a gardener friend and I have no idea the sort of mechanical help available, (said gardener is fit and well!) -- Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and Lapageria rosea |
Clearing land
On 5/2/08 18:19, in article ,
"Charlie Pridham" wrote: Any suggestions on the best way to clear a very overgrown plot (gorse and scrub to 10' high, but unsure what may be lurking below soil level) with a view to being able to rotavate and seed with grass, quite an area approx 4 house plot size. Was asked by a gardener friend and I have no idea the sort of mechanical help available, (said gardener is fit and well!) A goat. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
Clearing land
"Charlie Pridham" wrote in message T... Any suggestions on the best way to clear a very overgrown plot (gorse and scrub to 10' high, but unsure what may be lurking below soil level) with a view to being able to rotavate and seed with grass, quite an area approx 4 house plot size. Was asked by a gardener friend and I have no idea the sort of mechanical help available, (said gardener is fit and well!) -- Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and Lapageria rosea Charlie this is just what I inherited in Leicester. Went over it with a rip hook and saw to get it to 'ground level' (Made some super bonfires) Then went over it with an Atco Rotoscythe http://www.oldlawnmowerclub.co.uk/mo...76-atcorot.htm. Kept going over it with said machine. Grass grew Horses put onto the grass to graze it. Some of the land was cultivated and we had a super crop of Runner Beans and Spuds. (Spuds grown on the surface under plastic) The site now houses two blocks of flats St Mary's Court Leicester Hope that helps Mike |
Clearing land
Charlie Pridham says...
Any suggestions on the best way to clear a very overgrown plot (gorse and scrub to 10' high, but unsure what may be lurking below soil level) with a view to being able to rotavate and seed with grass, quite an area approx 4 house plot size. Was asked by a gardener friend and I have no idea the sort of mechanical help available, (said gardener is fit and well!) Our land started out with a jungle of brambles and self set trees. I initially used a strimmer but a bloke who was doing our drive at the time with a JCB offered to clear it for us. Within a few minutes he had skimmed off everything above ground level into a big pile for burning. The same work would have taken me several weeks by hand. After glyphosating the resulting re-growth it was possible to rotovate. -- David in Normandy |
Clearing land
On 6/2/08 16:36, in article ,
"Charlie Pridham" wrote: In article , says... Any suggestions on the best way to clear a very overgrown plot (gorse and scrub to 10' high, but unsure what may be lurking below soil level) with a view to being able to rotavate and seed with grass, quite an area approx 4 house plot size. Was asked by a gardener friend and I have no idea the sort of mechanical help available, (said gardener is fit and well!) Many thanks for the various suggestions I will pass them on, personally I would go down the man and digger route but as its not me they may like the longer animal assisted suggestions! Oh? You don't think they'd like to build on it? ;-)) -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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