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.  What else have I learned over the last 20 years of hedge? Watch the dogrose, it puts out long, painful growths to smack you in the face. Ditto brambles but blackberries are good.  Old man's beard smothers. Can't think of anything else at the moment

rid of the brambles over the road, then they can go in with the fruit trees I already have (not so much of a bargain, but still not hugely expensive) from ideal world. Just thought I'd share.  Daren't go near wilkos though, that would properly bankrupt

off just about anything else. Looks really good with dark geranium phaeum and purple alliums all just mixed up randomly. And if is gets away, there's always bramble-killer! Wow, so good to hear positive things about the variegated ground elder, I agree

brambles, unkept trees, cutting back brambles gave us 10ft + extra garden at the side and more than that at the back. We had the trees cut down, and so big blank space. To be honest I wanted to make a garden so i am loving it and learning so much as I go

fit!), so that when they arrive, I can go to town on those damn brambles and see them off, before it's brambles 1, MMP1. Can't believe a plant can be so evilly scratchy even when it's dead (or playing dead).  I will be back for the roots too, when I

delicious. They do get out of control very easily as you can see in Perthshire where they grow in the hedgerows like blackberries, having escaped from the fields. but they are easier to dig out than brambles and not so prickly. My single raspberry plant has

lot to clear which I will do over winter I was thrilled to take on an allotment at the end of June this year...only to find it was covered in brambles, nettles and couch grass. My husband strimmed the top off and we carefully cut back the brambles

them battle it out with the brambles, or iscolate them on the other side of the garden! Great to hear your plants are flourishing, Bernadette, but just two plants produce more than enough achocha for my family. With six plants you'll be feeding

girlfriend Susie & our two black Labs Molly & Rosie. My biggest problem is the dreaded Bindweed & a wall of brambles. What is the best way to tackle this ever encroaching menace please? I don't want to use chemicals if i can help it so i would welcome your

for next years potatoes has anyone idears how to get rid of the small slugs that have burrowed into most of my crop this year I have recently taken on a disused allotment which the council have kindly rotavated,it is full of stones, bramble roots etc, where