On Mon, 16 May 2005 17:37:49 +0100, Sue Begg
wrote:

In message , Kay
writes
In article , Sue Begg
writes
Whilst on the subject of nettles. I would like to leave a patch for the
flutterbies but dread the seedlings that would emerge everywhere else
(I still
haven't managed to clear the old ones yet) Is it feasible to strim
them before
they set seed ? Or will that defeat the object ?
--
I don't know what you're experience is, but mine is that most of the
seedlings seem to be the annual nettle rather than U dioica. So you may
be OK.

At the moment I have everything !!
I am turning an acre and a half of field into garden. So where I have
exposed the soil (very nice black loam) I have exposed to light the
twenty year accumulation of seeds in the ground. It will get easier as
time goes on, but at the moment it is difficult keeping on top of it.

You need a tractor, or a friendly farmer with one :-)

You also need planning permission.

Rick