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In my garden, there is an area approx 12 feet x 12 feet which had some tall overgrown plants on it (I don’t know what they were, but the stems were thick and quite ‘cane’ like).
I managed to chop them down, and I thought I would try digging the roots up after the recent heavy rain. I couldn’t get the spade in more than a few inches, and the plants are so dense, there is no room for getting in-between. I had no problem digging the wet soil in other parts of the garden.
I’ve bought a lot of garden tools recently, some good, but others, because of my gardening ignorance, have been the wrong tool for the job, and a waste of money.
Any suggestions as to what I could buy to dig up these whatever-they are’s?
Thanks.
I managed to chop them down, and I thought I would try digging the roots up after the recent heavy rain. I couldn’t get the spade in more than a few inches, and the plants are so dense, there is no room for getting in-between. I had no problem digging the wet soil in other parts of the garden.
I’ve bought a lot of garden tools recently, some good, but others, because of my gardening ignorance, have been the wrong tool for the job, and a waste of money.
Any suggestions as to what I could buy to dig up these whatever-they are’s?
Thanks.
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I think everything in that overgrown mess of a garden is perennial.
I suppose I don’t need to clear the area now, but I’d certainly like to.
That lopper from my previous garden post
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has been an absolute godsend, though.
I suppose I don’t need to clear the area now, but I’d certainly like to.
That lopper from my previous garden post
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has been an absolute godsend, though.
I bought the house a couple of months ago, Chipchopper, and on the forms the previous owner had filled in, she’d ticked the “no” box for “is there any Japanese knotweed.”
I can only describe it as looking like pampas grass but without the feathery bits. There were frond-like things growing from it.
Because it’s all in one section, I’m guessing that it was planted deliberately, and not some sort of invasion.
Off out now, but thanks again for all the answers.
I can only describe it as looking like pampas grass but without the feathery bits. There were frond-like things growing from it.
Because it’s all in one section, I’m guessing that it was planted deliberately, and not some sort of invasion.
Off out now, but thanks again for all the answers.
So, I went to B & Q. I had a choice of 5:
1 border fork, which I thought was too cheap, 2 full size, also maybe too cheap, 1 which was too heavy, so I bought this one:
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What do you think?
1 border fork, which I thought was too cheap, 2 full size, also maybe too cheap, 1 which was too heavy, so I bought this one:
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What do you think?
If its knotweed concrete the area to block out light.
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