"Al N" wrote in message ...

Hi all,
I have acquired a piece of scrubland that used to be grassland but is now
becoming bramble-infested. I'm thinking of turning the land into allotments
or perhaps grazing land - anything that relieves me from having to
constantly maintain it. The first job is to arrest the bramble invasion.
Can anyone advise how to get rid of them? I could burn them away, but I
guess they'd grow back, wouldn't they. They root deeply don't they? I can't
get a bulldozer or JCB onto the land (even if I could afford it), as there
is only a narrow gate about 1.5 mtrs wide. Is there a cost-effective
chemical solution?

TIA for any suggestions,

Al
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I had the same situation with a half acre field/plot attached to a house I
bought in Leicester. No access for anything bigger than the side path to the
house. I cut down the bramble with a Rip Hook then went over it with one of
these whenever anything grew.

http://www.oldlawnmowerclub.co.uk/mo...76-atcorot.htm

Within two years I was grazing ponies on the land.

I then bought one of the houses backing up to the land which had a large
side garden, got planning permission to put a road in and build on it. Now
two blocks of flats :-)

No more Bramble problems :-)

Mike


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