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Removing Bramble area
PaulSe
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Hi. new gardener here.
I purchased my property around year ago and have just managed to start in to the garden. Already made a mega improvement on what it was before but one area has me lost.
Attached is a picture of what Im tackling. This area used to be fenced off (still part of my garden, just the previous owner fenced it off because it was full of brambles etc) It is a slope of maybe 3-4ft?
Got my friend to shred through them with a bladed strimmer but im stuck.
My initial thought would be to dig out the slope until its level and remove all roots along the way. once at the bottom, lay down some strong weed proofing, weigh it down with a layer of bricks/slabs, then fill it with 4ft worth of top soil. My onyl issue it because my neighbours fencing is by the side of it. if I dig too low, I might risk digging lower than the fencing supports and ruining their fencing.
Because of all it has been shredded and removed, using weedkiller wouldn't work as well because there isn't anything to spray it onto.
Does anyone else have any suggestions, I have a full day off on sunday, and with the good weather, im planning on tackling it then.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
You could excavate 4ft of soil and then import fresh soil as you say, but logistically and economically that's quite an undertaking. (You'd be better off laying 3ft of subsoil + 1ft topsoil by the way).
Wait 1 week for them to reappear slightly
Spray
Wait 6 weeks
Spray and pray haha
Wait a week to let it take effect
Then fill the slope with subsoil and top it off with top soil?
In that time i can focus on the other parts.
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