Is the use of a strimmer a possibility to help you reach the point of being able to mow the grass. I use a strimmer to cut the grass in my churchyard a few times a year. It can cope with grass that is too long for my mower.
BusyBee, it'd take you about three and a half hours to get to East Ruston - we travel to near Grantham quite regularly to see the inlaws - quite a nice drive. We can also recommend the scones and cakes at East Ruston.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I think it would have to be a component of a weekend away then! We are about an hour north of Grantham, and I note, with disappointment, that the whole route would be on A roads. Scott, we do have a good strimmer, but the weeds are so well established and 'woody' that the line just gets tangled up, and the ground below is very bumpy. But I am a patient and persistent person...! Put a picture on, but not very clear really - you can see the different between the 'pitch' and the wilderness.
You need a countryman who knows how to use a sickle and a scythe - he'd cut that dry stuff back for you - you'd then have a bonfire and produce some potash for the garden. Then you need him back about twice a year with a scythe and that'll keep it under control until you decide how you're going to improve it.
That is going to be a gorgeous garden
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks Dove - it has its moments! In addition to stone picking, I have had the children 'stick harvesting' - breaking down last year's weed spikes, and I stoked up the incinerator and made a bit of potash which I have chucked on the prepped vegetable beds. It has not been an easy ride - the gravelled bit is on 2ft of iron ore, so I had to build the beds up from scratch. We lost our only shade when the eucalyptus on the right fell foul of the Siberian winter of 2010/11, so had to build the gazebo. However, as you can see, the eucalyptus is trying to grow back. At our old house there were scythes attached to the back wall of the brick built shed. It looked like the grim reaper lived there, but they were past it really and far too big for the likes of me to wield!
Hire or buy a strimmer with a metal blade and a petrol motor. It'll cope with all sorts and should come with a sort of harness to help spread the weight across shoulders and back so there's no strain.
In my experience, ride on mowers don't cope with rough terrain. They are designed to look like mini tractors but do not have tractor power and like smooth surfaces to mow or they clog and break down. A man with a mini digger shoud be able to level your terrain if and when you decide you're ready to make it into a more formal/level lawn area.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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if you know someone who keeps a goat who is used to wearing a collar ( the goat ,not the owner ) you could tether it with a long lightweight chain so it can't escape and move it about as it munches a patch clear.
I used to work in a garden centre and we had a customer who used to walk her pet goat down Petersfield hight street and tie it up outside Boots whilst she did her shopping.
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Did you get some blood, fish and bone 'tickled' in when you were moved?
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Is the use of a strimmer a possibility to help you reach the point of being able to mow the grass. I use a strimmer to cut the grass in my churchyard a few times a year. It can cope with grass that is too long for my mower.
Grew up on dairy and pig farms Fairygirl - got FYM in my marrow
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
BusyBee, it'd take you about three and a half hours to get to East Ruston - we travel to near Grantham quite regularly to see the inlaws - quite a nice drive. We can also recommend the scones and cakes at East Ruston.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I think it would have to be a component of a weekend away then! We are about an hour north of Grantham, and I note, with disappointment, that the whole route would be on A roads. Scott, we do have a good strimmer, but the weeds are so well established and 'woody' that the line just gets tangled up, and the ground below is very bumpy. But I am a patient and persistent person...! Put a picture on, but not very clear really - you can see the different between the 'pitch' and the wilderness.
You need a countryman who knows how to use a sickle and a scythe - he'd cut that dry stuff back for you - you'd then have a bonfire and produce some potash for the garden. Then you need him back about twice a year with a scythe and that'll keep it under control until you decide how you're going to improve it.
That is going to be a gorgeous garden
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks Dove - it has its moments! In addition to stone picking, I have had the children 'stick harvesting' - breaking down last year's weed spikes, and I stoked up the incinerator and made a bit of potash which I have chucked on the prepped vegetable beds. It has not been an easy ride - the gravelled bit is on 2ft of iron ore, so I had to build the beds up from scratch. We lost our only shade when the eucalyptus on the right fell foul of the Siberian winter of 2010/11, so had to build the gazebo. However, as you can see, the eucalyptus is trying to grow back. At our old house there were scythes attached to the back wall of the brick built shed. It looked like the grim reaper lived there, but they were past it really and far too big for the likes of me to wield!
Hire or buy a strimmer with a metal blade and a petrol motor. It'll cope with all sorts and should come with a sort of harness to help spread the weight across shoulders and back so there's no strain.
In my experience, ride on mowers don't cope with rough terrain. They are designed to look like mini tractors but do not have tractor power and like smooth surfaces to mow or they clog and break down. A man with a mini digger shoud be able to level your terrain if and when you decide you're ready to make it into a more formal/level lawn area.
if you know someone who keeps a goat who is used to wearing a collar ( the goat ,not the owner ) you could tether it with a long lightweight chain so it can't escape and move it about as it munches a patch clear.
I used to work in a garden centre and we had a customer who used to walk her pet goat down Petersfield hight street and tie it up outside Boots whilst she did her shopping.