Sorry - I'm not really much of a gardener so I don't know what these bushes are, but...
We recently moved to a new house that had rampant bushes all over the grass and the house-walls. We had a gardener in to take away all the bushes (and around 40 trees) and the place, literally on the surface, looks miles better.
The problem is that the bushes have left a hideous spider web of roots across the front garden. Some of the individual strands run 10-15ft in length and they are as tough as wire.
The smallest roots are probably 10mm in diameter, and the thickest are like mini-trees, running to five or six inches in diameter.
I've been at them with my hands, a garden fork and a spade but feel I'm just making a tiny dent in the surface, given their quantity and depth.
Can anyone recommend a way of eradicating them? I'm happy to accept a dead lawn for this year, if I can get rid of them for good and restart next year.
Cheers
Scott
We recently moved to a new house that had rampant bushes all over the grass and the house-walls. We had a gardener in to take away all the bushes (and around 40 trees) and the place, literally on the surface, looks miles better.
The problem is that the bushes have left a hideous spider web of roots across the front garden. Some of the individual strands run 10-15ft in length and they are as tough as wire.
The smallest roots are probably 10mm in diameter, and the thickest are like mini-trees, running to five or six inches in diameter.
I've been at them with my hands, a garden fork and a spade but feel I'm just making a tiny dent in the surface, given their quantity and depth.
Can anyone recommend a way of eradicating them? I'm happy to accept a dead lawn for this year, if I can get rid of them for good and restart next year.
Cheers
Scott