Buttercupdays, your place sounds idyllic! My ultimate dream has always been to have a small holding but without having any animals being eaten. As it is, my small patch of granite laden wilderness will have to suffice, although if it does ever get to be the wildlife garden I wish for, then any visitors of the non-human persuasion will be equally welcome & less work!
David, I looked at the hiring scenario but locally, prices are more than purchase price so whilst that would have been a good choice, here, it would be unsuitable.
I've gone for the Ryobi you mentioned Singing Gardener. At least I think it's the same model - £95 Amazon with a brushcutters blade. It should be here tomorrow - good weather still, hopefully, so if I take my time, I should be able to clear quite a bit of jungle in the next few days.
Hi Jo, how strange - a friend of mine rang this morning to say that if I couldn't get sorted he'd travel down with his B&D grass strimmer - high performance,which he only bought at the weekend - coincidence! So, if the Ryobi doesn't cut it (sorry) I'll look at getting one myself because my friend rates it as highly as you do!
Once I've figured out how to put photos on here I'll reveal the task ahead. I don't think it's just the scale of the task which has always put people off,but the environment doesn't help as the garden is on highest Dartmoor. People who I ring to ask to come and give me a quote to clear it tend to take a dim view and assume all you can grow are ground hugging plants adapted for wind and water and ask me why I want to bother! But, whilst lavender and the like is a challenge, there is actually a wide variety of plants which thrive up here, given the elements. Some of my neighbours' gardens are lovely.
Hope the Ryobi works out for you Daisydot. We used ours with the blade for years on an area which grew some quite tough stuff but have now finally tamed it for good so nowadays only use it with the line attachment for the annual strim of the grass verge between us and the road.
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Buttercupdays, your place sounds idyllic! My ultimate dream has always been to have a small holding but without having any animals being eaten. As it is, my small patch of granite laden wilderness will have to suffice, although if it does ever get to be the wildlife garden I wish for, then any visitors of the non-human persuasion will be equally welcome & less work!
David, I looked at the hiring scenario but locally, prices are more than purchase price so whilst that would have been a good choice, here, it would be unsuitable.
I've gone for the Ryobi you mentioned Singing Gardener. At least I think it's the same model - £95 Amazon with a brushcutters blade. It should be here tomorrow - good weather still, hopefully, so if I take my time, I should be able to clear quite a bit of jungle in the next few days.
Fingers crossed!.....
Hi Jo, how strange - a friend of mine rang this morning to say that if I couldn't get sorted he'd travel down with his B&D grass strimmer - high performance,which he only bought at the weekend - coincidence! So, if the Ryobi doesn't cut it (sorry) I'll look at getting one myself because my friend rates it as highly as you do!
Once I've figured out how to put photos on here I'll reveal the task ahead. I don't think it's just the scale of the task which has always put people off,but the environment doesn't help as the garden is on highest Dartmoor. People who I ring to ask to come and give me a quote to clear it tend to take a dim view and assume all you can grow are ground hugging plants adapted for wind and water and ask me why I want to bother! But, whilst lavender and the like is a challenge, there is actually a wide variety of plants which thrive up here, given the elements. Some of my neighbours' gardens are lovely.
Hope the Ryobi works out for you Daisydot. We used ours with the blade for years on an area which grew some quite tough stuff but have now finally tamed it for good so nowadays only use it with the line attachment for the annual strim of the grass verge between us and the road.
Fingers crossed for the Ryobi, Singing Gardener...I'm sure it will be fine...
Thanks to all for the help/info.