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Instead of burning pernicious weed roots on a bonfire, has anyone tried a smaller-scale approach?

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  • SkandiSkandi Posts: 1,723
    Just put it somewhere dry for a few weeks. I leave all my ground elder, nettle, dock and creeping thistle roots in heaps or even just spread out on top of the bed, so long as it is dry (so maybe the shed floor would be a better spot) it dies.
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    Have you thought about buying a little garden incinerator? You could just chuck the weeds in there until they dry out enough to burn.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Marlorena said:
    You are lucky if you have a free garden waste collection service..
     
    Not free - it's paid for in our council tax  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    I pay council tax too @Fairygirl but would be expected to pay another £3 a month for a green bin collection. That's what you get for living in the Royal Borough - that and green wellies  ;)
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • MarlorenaMarlorena Posts: 8,705
    Then you are lucky if it's included in your council tax, you must have either rich or heavily subsidised councils these days... it used to be so in ours too until recently, now it's an optional extra... although I don't necessarily disagree with it, things do have to be paid for.. but it encourages more fly tipping.. I've even had other people dump rubbish in my bin [in the early hours probably]..
    East Anglia, England
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I pay council tax too @Fairygirl but would be expected to pay another £3 a month for a green bin collection. That's what you get for living in the Royal Borough - that and green wellies  ;)
     :D 
    You mean you don't have those poncy leather/goretex Ariat ones at a couple of hundred quid?  ;)
    Swings and roundabouts - I think there's a move to encourage recycling etc, and our council was pretty slow compared to others in that respect, but people definitely recycle more.
    Some councils have more expensive rates too, so it's hard to make comparisons. Considering the c.tax rates, services generally in East Renfrewshire are poor compared to some regions, but on the whole, it's a more affluent area, so that makes a difference too. Although our address is technically Glasgow, we don't come under Glasgow City Council.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    edited October 2018
    Fairygirl said:

    You mean you don't have those poncy leather/goretex Ariat ones at a couple of hundred quid?  ;)

    What!? Just so the fox could have a new toy? I already have three left gloves, don't need one right foot  :o  anyway, you need ankles and long legs to wear those, I have neither.....

    Oh yes, and a bit of spare cash, hey ho.
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • That might have worked this summer @Skandi, but it's never usually dry long enough here for it to work!
    I have been having a purge on ground elder this year and have already filled a black silage bag with roots. A silage bag is really big...
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    I pay £84 pa (on top of our expensive council tax)  for two green bins which get collected every two weeks. We do compost what we can in 3 bins and shred some.  Unfortunately our shredder doesn't like too many green leaves or knobbly bits and it jams so it's not suitable for everything.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I fully expect our council to start charging for green bins at some stage.  They can't win really - they get slated if council tax goes up, they have ever-increasing costs for things like care for the elderly and disabled, special needs educaton etc, and don't get enough cash from central government. Something has to give. While recycling in all its forms is important in the medium to long term,  I guess it has to be put into perspective.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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