Fencing question - bramble problem

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Crazylittlemaisey

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Context: i have a field with several of the boundaries/areas taken over with brambles. I know they take hard graft to rid of and I don't have the time or money atm.

The field is my neighbours and I believe he will let me use it for years to come. In the long term I will get rid of the problem.

Would you fence (electric) away from the brambles for the time being or would you 2) strim them back to make full use of the space?

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Hmmm - I'm no expert but I'd strim back and use all the available space. The ponies grazing closer to the source of the brambles may help to keep them (the brambles) contained.
 
Thank you. I'm inclined to do this. Need a day out there to do so. I've got loads of space but just don't want it taking over or the field will look awful! I would like to neaten it up!
 
I'm in a similar situation. You just need to slog away with some loppers if you have not got access to a hedge cutter. I have found it easier to do in winter and then you can spray any regrowth... word of warning... please wear goggles, I got whacked in the eye by a thorny branch springing back.... it could have been very nasty
 
Crazylittlemaisey said:
Context: i have a field with several of the boundaries/areas taken over with brambles. I know they take hard graft to rid of and I don't have the time or money atm.

The field is my neighbours and I believe he will let me use it for years to come. In the long term I will get rid of the problem.

Would you fence (electric) away from the brambles for the time being or would you 2) strim them back to make full use of the space?

Thanks ☺️
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Personally I would use a petrol strimmer and cut them well back or get a Gardner to do it, then use the space, if you leave they will take over more and more
 
Thanks all. I have a petrol strimmer I can use so will do that. Will need to do it in stages but want to get it done before winter as the fields are closest to my house :) not that I'm lazy but we're tied up with babies at the mo and anything to make winter easier!!
 
Probably not the best thing to admit but my boys love brambles - especially when there are blackberries! So I'd check the fencing was safe and leave them to munch on them as I dug out/strimmed back a section at a time
 
You will probably need a brushcutter to tackle brambles, my thoughts would be to use a hedge cutter or shears. to trim them up, it would not be a good idea to use weedkillers on established brambles
 
im affraid if you want to clear them its going to take a bit of old fashioned hard graft and some hedge loppers as a strimmer will not stand upto well established brambles :( as others have mentioned it will be easier to clear in winter. we use our brambles as extra security (we have a couple of houdini ponies!) and let them grow up and about foot or so infront of the fence and keep it trimmed backed as and when needed, my old boys love them too although the others dnt really bother with them
 
Ah ha! I've sources a brush cutter! I like the idea of security, from both sides as one of these areas is a road boundary. I would just like to neaten it up. I have ponies who love to nibble on a variety of things so I will leave some there.
 
Just get a local contractor in with a hedge cutter to side them up once a year and keep the hedges under control. (Will also encourage it to thicken up which will make a good barrier). (Won't cost that much and will mean you don't have to worry about it).
 
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