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acacia avenue

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I've spent the last 2 days hacking down acacia saplings and young trees. The damn stuff is a weed here. I cut a lot down in April, to just below knee height. that clump is now 16 ft tall again.
What is annoying is that its not my ground, just a piece of wasteland that is the other side of my wall. But I cant even get the council to scrape the area clean,

Strangely, there are two distinct types.one cuts normally, the other looks as though its bleeding. Theres a red ring of sap just under the bark, and it looks quite gruesome as its being cut. 8-)
 
I find that 5l of petrol is quite handy in these cases. :lol:
 
If only. Its too close to several houses to set fire to, and runs alongside a small olive grove. There would be hell to pay if that caught fire. I've got at least two more days of cutting to go. But this time I know a landscape gardener who has promised to spray the ground to stop regrowth. I dont give a damn how strong the stuff he uses, I'm not doing it any more.
 
Head East Bob, ask if they have anything you can borrow for the day.

Actually, head South West too, but for some reason those folks don't like you borrowing stuff, something about military protocol or some such rubbish.

I've written a poem, I call it boom.......

it goes, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.........
 
Thing is, its not my land. So i cant get too extreme with it. Its an unfinished building site that the developer has walked away from. Nobody will take responsibility for the expense of clearing it.

The only reason I'm doing the grunt work is that the flowers from the trees and bushes play hell with the garden and the pool all summer long.
There are 2 trees that are worthy of the name, so I called the landscaper and tried to do a deal with the tree firewood for a quick spray of agent orange. He took one look at the trees and turned his back. Apparently its not even fit for burning.
Now I have an uphill struggle to get the mukhta (village elder) to dib into council funds, and that is NOT a common event. There are so many bushes and stumps that it needs a couple of hours with a digger and a 20 ton truck to take it all away.
 
Tried that a long time ago on a large flowering cherry tree.
Another old wives tale.
 
Lurker":3lbjrxeq said:
Can you get hold of SKB brush wood killer out there Bob?
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That's my 'go to' weed killer for all nasty stuff in the garden; I usually don the Marigolds and apply it neat with a paintbrush - Rob
 
This area is at least 500 square metres, The pile of waste already makes a very large bonfire pile, except I darent set light to it because its near several houses.
A paint brush isnt going to do it. ;)
 
Lurker":1pby3t9j said:
You paint SKB onto the freshly cut stems and it kills the roots
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I could do with something that works as well as that, it contains something triclopyr so I'll have a look for that in my local DIY shop. Thanks.
 
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