Ok, I know we've covered this before....but I just didn't pay much attention.
Any suggestions for getting rid of Acres of blackberry brambles?
Just thought you all needed a challenge to clean out the winter cobwebs.
-Talie
"Loneliness is the poverty of self, solitude is the richness of
self." -May Sarton
Talie wrote:
> Ok, I know we've covered this before....but I just didn't pay much attention.
> Any suggestions for getting rid of Acres of blackberry brambles?
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lotsa tractor work, and competition from new sown crops/forages
Dear Talie
1: Put a "Bushwacker Contract" out on them. :-)
2: To paraphrase "When life gives you Lemons, make Lemonaide", can you help
them along, and start a U-Pick, a jam making operation, or make them into
wine?
Kindest regards,
Kevin Chisholm
> Ok, I know we've covered this before....but I just didn't pay much
attention.
> Any suggestions for getting rid of Acres of blackberry brambles?
How about putting half a dozen goats on the job?
Acres is quite a lot! I dig my rampant blackberries up as they set new plants (from the tip of the non-bearing and - unfortunately - sometimes from the tip of the bearing shoots. It is more or less a year-round job, but I do enjoy the shoots I keep so much!
I'd actually get a what's it called, like a lever, trolley or something, (block and tackle?) the thingie you use to get tree roots out with, on your blackberry brambles, pull 'em out by the roots.
But keep a very very keen look on that acre for a year or more. It's a hard plant to keep down.
Carol
Depends on how many acres you have, of course! I myself would make both wine and jam if I had an acre of them. Now I content myself with the jam.
Carol
No, I really don't think there is any crop that could harm blackberries. They grow extremely well in shade. Don't bear, but do spead in shade.
Carol
Thanks to all who responded to the blackberry response. All
suggestions are ones I've already made. The situation is that he
bought this house from his parents who used to keep the land up, but
as they aged, they lost ground to the encroaching blackberries. In
fact, under one giant mound of brambles, there is a barn still
standing. They had a small goat, but a coyote(s) killed it. At any
rate, that one small well-fed goat was never hungry enough to eat the
black berries. My dad used a singe hungry nanny goat to clear part of
our land when we moved to a house that had blackberries taking over a
hillside. Then he dug out the roots and kept an eye on
it....Although, knowing my father, he probably also turned to round
up at some point.
Again, thanks for the suggestions.
-Talie
"Loneliness is the poverty of self, solitude is the richness of
self." -May Sarton
