trigger2 3,404 Posted May 15, 2014 Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 bosun how do i sort this out it is elder int it ???? SANY5247.jpg Ground elder is a fecker Stig, when I moved in here 5 years back, this garden was overgrown to feck and choc full of ground elder. I simply used Roundup where I could BUT you can't spray it around plants you want to keep or it'll do the lot in. the old boy down the road said simply pour the Roundup in a tin can and using a soft inch brush, paint the leaves...! I thought feck that it'll take ages but it never, it was fast enough as your only doing it round plants you want to keep. Works a treat! Keep the tin and brush out the way and use it when ness! Cracking garden by the way, love that look but whilst I've got a 4 year old, I need that open prairie look too. Though i'm a little bit Forrest Gump and can mow lawns for England, I love it! I bought an old full scythe at the car booty last weekend, it'll get the full outdoor hit, paint & varnish and it'll go on the side of the kennels, along with the gin traps and other old garden tools. painting roundup on with a brush is a good idea bosun. ive got a couple of small patches that need a dose of roundup on and i was looking at roll on sticks of it but they seemed a tad expensive compared to buying the liquid and mixing it yourself. thats helped me out 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Millet 4,497 Posted May 15, 2014 Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 Picking dog shit up of gravel is a nightmare ..get it leveled and grassed and stick a few chicken's on it they will keep it down.. ..they is too much concrete and block paving about these day's which does not help with flooding in area's as the rain water is getting less place's to drain away.. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rabbithunter 456 Posted May 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 .back to my original question.... can i juat run a rotivator over the weeds im far too lazy to pull them all out Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the_stig 6,614 Posted May 15, 2014 Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 Lol,,,, it's just at a quick glance,,,that table resembles an ironing board,,,,or it at least it does in my head Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the_stig 6,614 Posted May 15, 2014 Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 SANY5239.jpg Stig why you have you got an ironing board outside...lol i will be fcuked if i can see a ironing board in that pic Tomo. theres a table, half a barrel with what i think is a oyster plant in it and one of those washing lines that opens up on a pole. How are those hosters slug free no a bloody hole in them? TC SANY5239.jpg Stig why you have you got an ironing board outside...lol i will be fcuked if i can see a ironing board in that pic Tomo. theres a table, half a barrel with what i think is a oyster plant in it and one of those washing lines that opens up on a pole. How are those hosters slug free no a bloody hole in them? TC mrs pours diluted washing liquid on then -- dont know where she found that one out but it works even on the ones in the ground Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the monkey 344 Posted May 15, 2014 Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 Using the round up in the plants..put a rubber glove on and then a wooly one ,soak the wooly one in round up and just go around the bed brushing the elder with the weed killer soaked wooly Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gonetoearth 5,144 Posted May 15, 2014 Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 f*****g hell stig, you could have hours of fun with a couple of bushers in your back garden! its a big old place full of wild life one bush`s got blackbird ,wren,and a robin,nesting , the conifers full of sparrows,boxes full of blue tits ,its all the mrs doing i hate gardening i just help out with the heavy stuff..... If you get past the auction star buys of the day. Lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dixiefried 269 Posted May 15, 2014 Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 One Bed for VEG....One BED for sandpit for Kids,,,spend hours in it . I Bed grass for stretching out on ,deck chair.. One Bed for Chicken Coop .. And use one for a Pond , Sorted !! Wildlife will love it and you will Grow to Love it ,given time ..Sittin' with the dogs with a beer in hand,watching the kids Pottering around on a Summers eve,,,An In the Winter when everyone else indoors a Wee fire Pit going...BLISS !! Some places will give you FREE hedging for up te Sides, A wee Apple Tree..It's Got Potential ..Don't waste it.. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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