We have a handful of acres of ex pastoral farm land; neighbouring a small river.
It’s been left untouched for a few years and goes nuts each summer with various plants that then die back in winter.
We’ve ordered 400 British hard wood saplings from the woodland trust and would like to plant them in November. The idea to make a small woodland and possibly restore a pond which shows on maps from 1800 but ideally get rid of the ‘weeds’ that make the place inaccessible now with some form of grass mixed with the new trees. The land is prone to flooding.
Be very keen to get peoples thoughts on how to approach this, main concerns being getting rid of the plants that grow now and stopping them from taking over next year, also presuming I’d need to hire some machinery to get it done.
by Always_Learning_80
3 Comments
Oh boy!
Pond probably means a specialist. If in east Anglia I’d recommend miles water engineering.
What do you want to get rid of?
If it was me I would flail all this off. Then use a post auger to dig your 400 holes. Your trees will need protection unless this is appropriately fenced.
If it floods regularly I hope you bought appropriate trees.
Please do a YouTube channel or a few vids
This looks like a job for goats. If you Google you should be able to find someone who rents out goats for this type of job.