How do I get rid of weeds brambles and nettles?

Have just moved into my house and the garden is a complete wasteland - nettles at nearly 6 ft brambles that go on for ever and are really tough. I am wanting to clear it so I can put borders in and a lawn - how can this be done, it seems impossible as such a large area.

How do I get rid of weeds brambles and nettles?
You have to clear as much as you can then use a product called Rootkill that you can get from most good garden centres..
Reply:start digging. the only way to get rid of brambles, nettles and weeds is to get all the roots out. maybe hiring a rotovator would be alot easier than digging tho, especially if you want to lay a lawn on it afterwards. its gonna be a lot of work, good luck. do you know how to lay a lawn, what type of grass to get/how to prepare the land before laying the grass etc etc? email me if you need any more help
Reply:Had the same problem many years ago. My answer was, HARD WORK. We cut back the brambles, dug out as much root as possible, then rotovated, picking out what was left over. Best of luck.
Reply:Use the weedkiller. Roundup It's brill for that sort of job.


Then once all the brambles etc have died back burn them off


with a flame gun and then use a rotorvator to prepare the soil


for planting. Level the soil and firm it wait at least a month


removing any fresh weed growth as you go. Best time to


lay your lawn is September, or better still wait until March/April. The tools I mentioned can can be hired from your local hire shop.


Happy gardening, Fuzz.
Reply:try a flame thrower that will sort it out for you
Reply:Hack it back down to ground level with a pair of shears + a pair of secateurs...... or hire a gardener to have a go at it with a petrol powered brushcutter (like a strimmer, but has cutting blades on it instead of nylon cord).





Then go over it with Sodium Chlorate weedkiller or some sort of Tree stump / brushkiller (see what's in the local garden centre)........ preferably using a seperate RED coloured watering can, and not a GREEN one used to water plants you want growing.
Reply:Have a Garden Party!


Invite all your friends - tell them to bring wellies, old clothes and a gardening implement.


Food and drink on the house!


Borrow some extra implements for people who don't bring their own.


Let them leap in and organise their own bit


Have a man-sized buffet of Cheeses, breads, pickles, salads, jacket potatoes and a keg of beer.


Some background music - not loud enough to upset neighbours because you have to live with them.


We did this once with a jungle to clear and people voted it one of the best parties they'd ever been to.
Reply:either do it manualy or buy 2 goats.done,t look at it as abig job clean a small area at atime and in afew weeks hey presto,or get someone in to do it for u,byeeeeeee
Reply:The best way is to burn it but all sorts of people get their panties in knots over anything having to do with fire. You may need a permit where you live but if it saves you as much work and the area is as large as you say it might be worth it. The other answer is to spray it all with some herbicide and wait a year. I know when I have a rental property with a small yard out of control I place a large blue tarp over it with some bricks around the edge for several months until everything dies and then I reseed. It is just soooo quick and easy. It takes about 5 minutes to set out the tarp and then another 5 minutes to fold it up and throw down some seeds. It sounds like this is too big for that but if you want to buy large tarps check out harborfreight.com Other answer is to pay a 12 year old kid a flat fee of $20 to be paid after all work has been completed. Give him 3 days or so. DON'T PAY BY THE HOUR
Reply:Hi


Just try to remember not to use poison, wild animals don't go a bundle on it, there's no substitute for hard work, get stuck in, why not leave a section alone and in the evenings watch the wildlife in a natural environment?


Ray. West York's. U.K.

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