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| Fat Freddy's Cat 2007-07-20, 5:25 pm |
| Is there anything I can use to inhibit hedge growth -
I've read 'Cutlass' was banned and found reference to another product called
'hedge-rest' but no details where to buy it.
Any advice appreciated.
g.
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| On 20/7/07 23:18, in article 46a134af$0$31730$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk, "Fat
Freddy's Cat" <hereiam@home.com> wrote:
> Is there anything I can use to inhibit hedge growth -
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> I've read 'Cutlass' was banned and found reference to another product called
> 'hedge-rest' but no details where to buy it.
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> Any advice appreciated.
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> g.
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As the general trend now is to encourage wild life and use as few chemicals
as possible, this may no longer be for sale. Can you really not use shears
or a hedge trimmer once or twice a year or get someone to do that for you?
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'
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| Fat Freddy's Cat 2007-07-20, 8:25 pm |
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"Sacha" <sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:C2C6F4E5.533B3%sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk...
> On 20/7/07 23:18, in article 46a134af$0$31730$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk,
> "Fat
> Freddy's Cat" <hereiam@home.com> wrote:
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> As the general trend now is to encourage wild life and use as few
> chemicals
> as possible, this may no longer be for sale. Can you really not use
> shears
> or a hedge trimmer once or twice a year or get someone to do that for you?
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> --
I just spent 3 hours of my life cutting it...
my back hurts
my arms hurt
my heart is aching
tomorrow it will be worse
If there is nothing available then so be it, but I was only asking ;0)
g.
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| On 20/7/07 23:26, in article 46a1368e$0$24747$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk, "Fat
Freddy's Cat" <hereiam@home.com> wrote:
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> "Sacha" <sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:C2C6F4E5.533B3%sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk...
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> I just spent 3 hours of my life cutting it...
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> my back hurts
> my arms hurt
> my heart is aching
> tomorrow it will be worse
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> If there is nothing available then so be it, but I was only asking ;0)
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> g.
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3 hours of your life. ;-( Now, let's see, what could *possibly* be worse.
3 hours in surgery, 3 hours in the dentist's chair, 3 hours ironing (ha!), 3
hours of a pop concert - my personal hell! ;-))
My suggestion is - pay someone else to do it, bribe them, OR, more
realistically, tackle it like eating the elephant, a little at a time; an
hour a day - or an hour every other day. Let's aim for a sense of
achievement here, as in "look at our beautiful hedge, I look after it
myself, you know and every spring, it's full of birds' nests......." Okay,
my name is Pollyanna and you hate me. ;-)
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'
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| George.com 2007-07-20, 8:25 pm |
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"Fat Freddy's Cat" <hereiam@home.com> wrote in message
news:46a1368e$0$24747$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk...
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> "Sacha" <sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:C2C6F4E5.533B3%sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk...
you?[color=darkred]
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> I just spent 3 hours of my life cutting it...
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> my back hurts
> my arms hurt
> my heart is aching
> tomorrow it will be worse
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> If there is nothing available then so be it, but I was only asking ;0)
you could give it a really good butchering, cut to an inch of its life
which'll take longer to regrow. Works for me.
rob
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| On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 23:26:02 +0100, "Fat Freddy's Cat" wrote:
> but I was only asking ;0)
I know the feeling !
Whatever you ask always ends up in polutics :-!(
I am told that to quickly get a right answer on usenet newsgroups one
should first post a wrong one,
so here goes :-
Fill your Killaspray (tm) with petrol,
give hedge a good marinade,
light blue touch-paper and ,,,
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| On 21/7/07 00:59, in article 46a14b02.15037333@news.ntlworld.com, "WaltA"
<please@dontspam.nothere.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 23:26:02 +0100, "Fat Freddy's Cat" wrote:
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> I know the feeling !
> Whatever you ask always ends up in polutics :-!(
>
> I am told that to quickly get a right answer on usenet newsgroups one
> should first post a wrong one,
> so here goes :-
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> Fill your Killaspray (tm) with petrol,
> give hedge a good marinade,
> light blue touch-paper and ,,,
>
return to newsgroup to ask what people would plant to replace old, charred
hedge. And get 10 different opinions.... ;-)
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'
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| On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 08:59:53 +0100, Sacha wrote:
>return to newsgroup to ask what people would plant to replace old, charred
>hedge
pyracantha. shirly.
>. And get 10 different opinions.... ;-)
heheee,
at least 10, and that from only 6 posters ;)
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| On 21/7/07 12:17, in article 46a1eb34.2186777@news.ntlworld.com, "WaltA"
<please@dontspam.nothere.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 08:59:53 +0100, Sacha wrote:
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> pyracantha. shirly.
Oh that's really good - definitely one of urg's better ones, IMO.
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> heheee,
> at least 10, and that from only 6 posters ;)
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Who will then be contradicted by 12 more.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'
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| On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 12:38:00 +0100, Sacha wrote:
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>Oh that's really good - definitely one of urg's better ones, IMO.
gosh, what's the emoticon for blush&takes a bow ;-))
>Who will then be contradicted by 12 more.
and 48 will complain of being off topic 
whilst 1 OP looks on, bemused !
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| On 22/7/07 02:00, in article 46a2aaca.2732267@news.ntlworld.com, "WaltA"
<please@dontspam.nothere.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 12:38:00 +0100, Sacha wrote:
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> gosh, what's the emoticon for blush&takes a bow ;-))
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> and 48 will complain of being off topic
> whilst 1 OP looks on, bemused !
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Maybe this should go into urg's FAQ list!
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'
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| On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 10:37:48 +0100, Sacha
<sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>On 22/7/07 02:00, in article 46a2aaca.2732267@news.ntlworld.com, "WaltA"
><please@dontspam.nothere.com> wrote:
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>Maybe this should go into urg's FAQ list!
good point,
remind me, where is it,
and where is Cormaic these days ? 
not seen him post for simply AGES
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| On 23/7/07 02:26, in article 46a40332.8272087@news.ntlworld.com, "WaltA"
<please@dontspam.nothere.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 10:37:48 +0100, Sacha
> <sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
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> good point,
> remind me, where is it,
>
> and where is Cormaic these days ?
> not seen him post for simply AGES
>
He's well but immensely busy. We saw him recently because he and Mrs Taz
were in the area but I just don't think he has time for posting right now.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'
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