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First video on 10th July 2018

July 11, 2018

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Bracken Managment - The Major Battles have begun!

Over the last month I have spent on average about 30 mins per day. On bracken removal. I have used a variety of tools but ended up with a petrol strimmer/bushcutter. The strimmer head worked well at first but as the stems harden the bushcutter is required. In addition I have found that, given the excellent growing conditions this year, the grass on the slopes does an effective job in hiding the younger fronds. For this reason, for the last 2 weeks, I have been using the bushcutter attachment (3 spoked wheel cutter). This has reduced the height of the surrounding grass and helped to expose the young fronds. The litter is still not substantial enough to require removal but this may well change after my enforced, post-surgical, absence. I am hoping to be back at the bracken by mid July. As my surgery is tomorrow I decided to complete the bottom section of the land in it's entirety. There was a reasonable density of new growth but considerably less than last year. After...

The first thoughts of Success for 2018

First Thoughts of Success for 2018 I will be including links to some video footage I shot yesterday. This is starting to show that after 20-30 hours of work during this year, the battle appears to be nearing it's final stages. Though there were still a large number of fronds to pull they were primarily very short, this being the primary reason why it took me so long to clear them. https://youtu.be/CqzxRnNgI-Q Previously the crosiers would emerge 3-6 inches before any thought of a leaf would start to form. Now some of the fronds appear to be fully formed, with several leaves, as they emerge from the ground. I'm not sure whether this is as a reaction to the significantly reduced levels of energy in the rhizomes. With my heart surgery imminent I am hoping that the post-operative recovery period (2-3 weeks) will not give too much opportunity for the plants to make a comeback. In my final pre-operative session, today, I will try to complete the bottom ...

Bracken Skermishing - The First proper battles of the Year

7th May After this short period of warm weather the bracken has tried it's best to push on and considerably more fronds were in evidence in areas A (Top Quarry Area) and B (Bottom Road Area). After 60 mins of constant cutting I can say that the vast majority of fronds were removed from both areas. Due to the excellent growing conditions for the grass there was some difficulty in locating the fronds but after a few mins I got used to the tell-tale signs. The size of the fronds removed has increased somewhat to between 150-200 mm. It should be noted that these fronds have, in the main, appeared and grown to this high in the previous 3 days! I have not needed to adopt last years "white suit" as the fronds are considerably lower and softer and I understand that tick activity should be reduced. I will ensure that this is the case before going out again in a few days time and, if needed, I will re-commence the use of the white compression gear. During this early part o...

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First video on 10th July 2018

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