the building site I'm looking to landscape has, I assume, reasonable topsoil on already; it's certainly well covered with grass, brambles and other vegetation. There is quite bit of work to do with levels, a terracing to install, hardcore to be laid for driveway and paths etc. I assume that I should set about scraping the soil into a pile, set the levels and terraces, then put the soil back.. but what do I do with all the crappy grass, weeds, brambles etc that is on there currently? Do I have to treat it with something chemically to kill it all off/rotavate it first or will being ripped up into a pile for a few months kill most of the flora off?
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Spray it, leave for a week then use a brushcutter to slice off the majority of the growth. then pile up the waste and burn it.
Then scrape off the topsoil and pile it up.
Use a woody weedkiller like sbk and a normal glyphosate together as glyph will not kill brambles and if you leave them in your pile they will return once you spread the soil back out.
Then scrape off the topsoil and pile it up.
Use a woody weedkiller like sbk and a normal glyphosate together as glyph will not kill brambles and if you leave them in your pile they will return once you spread the soil back out.
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