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| bybiddie |
Posted - Apr 12 2006 : 11:08:08 AM
After surveying my new little farmette, I have found that every place that would be good for gardening (sun, good drainage) is plagued with briars! If there aren't briars, there are rocks - but mostly there are briars AND rocks  The rocks I can use for raised bed borders. As for those briars, I have been cutting them off at the roots but have a question about those roots - do I need to dig them all out, or can I put down a layer of newspaper to keep them from growing back up through the new bed I put down? It's not that I'm lazy or anything  it's that I have a lot of ground to cover before planting season has come and gone. Any briar experts out there?
Thanks!
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| bybiddie |
Posted - Apr 13 2006 : 12:52:55 PM
Rats! I was afraid of that. Well, I know where I'll be spending my Saturday.
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| HERBMAN |
Posted - Apr 12 2006 : 4:06:26 PM
Yep dig up the roots as much as you can get of them but there is a bright spot
where briars grow makes a great garden spot should be good rich soil. |
| Bridge |
Posted - Apr 12 2006 : 3:36:59 PM
I'm no expert, but I would bet you would need to dig them out.
Briars are tough boogers and probably would bust thru any type of mulch or barrier.
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