gonna start on my garden, what a mess, weeds with thorns on about 4 ft high, no back gate so hoping to clear it and burn it in garden. do you think i would be wise to hire a brush cutter, would that be up to the job, then i can burn it and start digging it to get at the roots.
clearing a garden.... jungle.
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Think there are restrictions to bonfires in london. Secateurs, loppers, saws, plastic bags and time are required. Have gone off using power tools since I find them more hassle than they're worth.
I agree with dextrous about power tools generally.
An exception is to hire, buy or borrow a garden mincer like this. It's quiet and effective for brambles. You need to look for a "quiet" shredder.
Get one of these to dig the roots out. You might also like a mattock, but it probably isn't necessary. For some background info on these tools. It's a US site but they buy the tools from the UK.
Just plod through the garden, it won't take long, it's not hard going, and it's a lot less of a pain than a brush cutter. Some long loppers to cut the stems and some welding gauntlets make handling the brambles reasonable. All the vegetation can be piled up. It will shrink from 5 feet high to less than a foot in a year, and you will still have the nutrients it contains. Alternatively the council probably collects green "waste".
Since I started using the Chillington tools, the jobs have become quicker and more pleasant than the strimmer approach.
If you want a long-grass cutter they are available here.
An exception is to hire, buy or borrow a garden mincer like this. It's quiet and effective for brambles. You need to look for a "quiet" shredder.
Get one of these to dig the roots out. You might also like a mattock, but it probably isn't necessary. For some background info on these tools. It's a US site but they buy the tools from the UK.
Just plod through the garden, it won't take long, it's not hard going, and it's a lot less of a pain than a brush cutter. Some long loppers to cut the stems and some welding gauntlets make handling the brambles reasonable. All the vegetation can be piled up. It will shrink from 5 feet high to less than a foot in a year, and you will still have the nutrients it contains. Alternatively the council probably collects green "waste".
Since I started using the Chillington tools, the jobs have become quicker and more pleasant than the strimmer approach.
If you want a long-grass cutter they are available here.
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dextrous
Personally, I've never had great experience with shredders either, but it's probably just me. It's amazing how much can be achieved over a couple of hours with hand tools
I used to have a noisy shredder, but then got what is really a garden mincer. This does a brilliant job of reducing barrow loads of stuff to a couple of bags, and if it's woody prunings, to little bits that I dry and shovel onto the woodburner in the winter.
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dextrous
Guess that's it then. Only ever tried with cheapo b&q machines- you get what you pay for! Maybe one day I'll hire a decent one to see if it's a natural inability I have
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