scruffyponies
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We did particularly well this year pulling ragwort. Got the last lot this evening. Can anyone beat this?
Ragwort 2022. Victory!
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The Xmas Furry
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Oh my life! ?????
I def cant beat that, I've pulled a total of 2 feed sacks off 4.5 acres this year. I noted this morning that I have another 2 plants to pull.
I def cant beat that, I've pulled a total of 2 feed sacks off 4.5 acres this year. I noted this morning that I have another 2 plants to pull.
scats
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I’ve done 5 hours worth in my big field so far this year. Horrid stuff.
Red-1
I used to be decisive, now I'm not so sure...
I cleared my field yesterday. I didn't take a photo as it was the sum total of... 1 plant.
Not even a mature one, it was about 9" tall.
That was literally the whole crop.
Not even a mature one, it was about 9" tall.
That was literally the whole crop.
Cortez
Tough but Fair
Oh well done Scruff, that's a good haul. It's taken me 20 years of religiously clearing the fields, but for the last five or so years I am getting an average of 6 plants from 7 acres. It is hard work but definitely worth it.
PurBee
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Wow well done! ?
Its horrid stinky stuff - i have some, not growing in my fields, but at the top of very tall stone walls,- need my double extender ladder to pull the stuff annually….thanks for the reminder! ?
Its horrid stinky stuff - i have some, not growing in my fields, but at the top of very tall stone walls,- need my double extender ladder to pull the stuff annually….thanks for the reminder! ?
scruffyponies
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The down-side of water meadows. You don't get those little scrawny blighters that grow on dry ground, they really go for it and turn into triffids!
It's only now the kids are grown and we have great sharers that we have the available labour to do the job.
It helps that it hasn't rained, so I was able to drive on bits of ground that the 4x4 would normally have sunk in.
It's only now the kids are grown and we have great sharers that we have the available labour to do the job.
It helps that it hasn't rained, so I was able to drive on bits of ground that the 4x4 would normally have sunk in.
PurBee
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At least you can see them easily when theyre huge!
Wherever i walk, outside of my land, if i spot ragwort, i pull the damn thing! ?
Are you going to have a bonfire tonight? Dont they recommend burning it so the seeds dont develop from the remaining energy in the pulled plant or something?
I bury what little i get amidst compost heaps so they dont have light and forced to rot down.
The Xmas Furry
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Blimey, no bonfires here! I think scruffyponies is south England, if so, she'll not be burning as we are tinderbox dry as no rain for weeks, oh - apart from 20 mins light drizzle 10 days or so ago!
scruffyponies
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Are you going to have a bonfire tonight? .[/QUOTE said:
pistolpete
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PurBee
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i completely forgot about the drought over there! ??
Best to rot the stuff and water it!
I saw on a video of one fire region near london a local said it started from a compost heap - which makes sense, as the temps are high in them anyway, and with no rain…the whole heap is prone to ignite.
Highmileagecob
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Yes!! I have removed eight barrow loads from twelve acres, which is the least amount for around twelve years. If you are near a council waste disposal facility, the men on the yard will usually allow you to dump it in the 'for burning' container if you explain that it is a noxious weed that needs to be burnt.
Errin Paddywack
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I am going to jinx myself here by saying that in the 28 yrs we have had this land we have never had any ragwort amazingly. Thistles yes. We are lucky in that there is very little to be seen locally surprising really as there is a new 'Millennium wood' about 2 miles away as the crow flies and for some years that was a mass of ragwort, around 75 acres, not so bad now the trees have grown. Thankfully the prevailing wind does not blow from that direction.
maya2008
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I always find I think I’ve got it all, then more appears in August out of nowhere. I hope that doesn’t happen to you!