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?

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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.

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

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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

It was. Blackberries are dead easy to dig up, and most subspecies
don't regrow from their roots. One swipe with a grub-axe or spade
is all that is needed, but is tedious if there are a lot of them.
Cutting off their tops or using a flame-thrower won't help.

But the easiest way to remove a large area is to cut it down to the
ground, and pasture goats there. They will make short work of the
new shoots, and the blackberries will die within a year or so.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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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

It was the answer to a huge overgrown jungle of a daughter's. It was a very
sensible answer.

Mary

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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

If you can borrow one from somewhere, it really is a sensible answer. It
might be possible to find someone who would be happy to tether a goat in
your garden for a while but make sure it can't get near anything you don't
want eaten.
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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
(new website online)

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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

If you can borrow one from somewhere, it really is a sensible answer. *It
might be possible to find someone who would be happy to tether a goat in
your garden for a while but make sure it can't get near anything you don't
want eaten.
--
Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
(new website online)

As you are aware from my post I'm not really into gardening hince why
I said what I did, I have cut them but want to flatten them into the
ground I'm too far away for borrowing the goat though would love to
take up your offer.

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On 11 Oct, 17:41, Sacha wrote:
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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

If you can borrow one from somewhere, it really is a sensible answer. *It
might be possible to find someone who would be happy to tether a goat in
your garden for a while but make sure it can't get near anything you don't
want eaten.
--
Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
(new website online)

As you are aware from my post I'm not really into gardening hince why
I said what I did, I have cut them but want to flatten them into the
ground I'm too far away for borrowing the goat though would love to
take up your offer.

LoL. The last thing we'd welcome on a Nursery is a goat - or not a free
range one! Dig, dig and dig again is your answer or use a really tough
spray which will kill everything within range over and over again. Really,
cut them back as best you can and dig out as much as you can and keep doing
it. They root where the tips bend over into the ground, which is why
they're such a pain to deal with and so prolific.

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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
(new website online)

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As you are aware from my post I'm not really into gardening hince why
I said what I did, I have cut them but want to flatten them into the
ground I'm too far away for borrowing the goat though would love to
take up your offer.

If you're not into gardening why are you worried about brambles?

Mary

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As you are aware from my post I'm not really into gardening hince why
I said what I did, I have cut them but want to flatten them into the
ground I'm too far away for borrowing the goat though would love to
take up your offer.

If you're not into gardening why are you worried about brambles?

Mary



And blackberries are just about the most delicious things you can grow
in a garden

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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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As you are aware from my post I'm not really into gardening hince why
I said what I did, I have cut them but want to flatten them into the
ground I'm too far away for borrowing the goat though would love to
take up your offer.

If you're not into gardening why are you worried about brambles?

Perhaps the back door is becoming difficult to open?

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As you are aware from my post I'm not really into gardening hince why
I said what I did, I have cut them but want to flatten them into the
ground I'm too far away for borrowing the goat though would love to
take up your offer.

If you're not into gardening why are you worried about brambles?

Mary


I suppose there's a difference between not being into gardening and not
wanting yourself or your children torn to shreds when they go to the washing
line/sandpit/trampoline.

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http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
(new website online)

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Mary Fisher wrote:
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As you are aware from my post I'm not really into gardening hince why
I said what I did, I have cut them but want to flatten them into the
ground I'm too far away for borrowing the goat though would love to
take up your offer.

If you're not into gardening why are you worried about brambles?

Mary

And blackberries are just about the most delicious things you can grow in
a garden

Wonderful berries, wonderful jam and jelly, wonderful wine, pretty flowers
full of nectar for the bees and the canes are perfect for binding straw in
lipwork.

Mary

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As you are aware from my post I'm not really into gardening hince why
I said what I did, I have cut them but want to flatten them into the
ground I'm too far away for borrowing the goat though would love to
take up your offer.

If you're not into gardening why are you worried about brambles?

Mary

Well where I have moved to the garden is covered with them, I am one
of those sort of gardeners as and when once I've sorted out the garden
I will keep it like it. All other gardens I've had I have been lucky
the previous tenant looked after the garden where I am now lovely
location shame about the garden, perhaps if you are free have some
time on your hands call round and do it for me.

The idea of a gardener with time on his/her hands is an oxymoron.

Mary