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DMD said:
I am the worlds worst gardener, every thing I try to grow dies, so I'm thinking of hiring myself out as a weed killer. If I nurture them, their days are bound to be numbered.

The exception to that is, if I try to kill something. I attacked a tree in the garden by chopping it right out. It took ****ing ages to find every farting bit of root. I ended up with a forest of tiny trees growing all over the grass which must have been loads of the roots trying to grow. For the next one, I thought I'd learned, so chopped it right to the floor and set about attacking the stump with drills, flamethrowers old engine oil, various lotions and potions, the lot, and the ****ing thing is thriving and blooming.
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Obviously handling all those potions and lotions has turned your fingers into green ones.
 
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Heimdallr said:
What do you want to use the land for afterwards and what's your budget.. If it's a few hundred quid (probably! I'm converting currency) , just pay for a mini excavator and someone to drive the top 20cm of soil away, then cover in a drainable, permanent cloth and cover in bark - no more digging out weeds ever again.. A lot of money for one year, but multiply time spent over a few years..
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Big shed will be going on it.
 
Mr Hacker said:
What’s the most brutal weed killer you can get for killing of nettles and stuff. They’ve had a full bottle of that resolva stuff but they’re hanging on in there.

Wont be growing anything there in their place. The previous owners used this little fenced of area right at the end of the garden as a land fill site so the soil will be contaminated anyway. Gonna build a big isolation shed.

But my garden waste bin is completely full and I need them gone.
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Nettle leaves are edible. They can be cooked like spinach. The sting (can't remember its chemical name) breaks down in the cooking process.

Nettles are also a good food source for butterflies and other invertebrates. Leave the area alone and tell everyone it's a wildlife garden. Much easier than actual gardening!
 
Mr Hacker said:
Big shed will be going on it.
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OK, so you'll need a ca. 20cm concrete floor to put it on then.. Just get a mini excavator to dig away the soil, put down a membrane, then a ca. 20cm layer of 16-32mm gravel, wacker down and then the concrete base will go on top of it.
 
Heimdallr said:
OK, so you'll need a ca. 20cm concrete floor to put it on then.. Just get a mini excavator to dig away the soil, put down a membrane, then a ca. 20cm layer of 16-32mm gravel, wacker down and then the concrete base will go on top of it.
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There already is a nice concrete slab down. This is where the tramps threw all their crap and chucked some soil over it.

Ive found everything in there from bags of general domestic waste and a full house worth of carpets to a dead dog and even a panel of one of those metal fences they put up round building sites. I’ve cleared a good 3/4 of the pile over the last 2 years and just need to finish it but it’s properly overgrown with dense weeds I’ve got nowt to do with other than make a new mess somewhere else.
 
Mr Hacker said:
What’s the most brutal weed killer you can get for killing of nettles and stuff. They’ve had a full bottle of that resolva stuff but they’re hanging on in there.

Wont be growing anything there in their place. The previous owners used this little fenced of area right at the end of the garden as a land fill site so the soil will be contaminated anyway. Gonna build a big isolation shed.

But my garden waste bin is completely full and I need them gone.
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Petrol
Let’s not **** about
 
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Mr Hacker said:
What’s the most brutal weed killer you can get for killing of nettles and stuff. They’ve had a full bottle of that resolva stuff but they’re hanging on in there.

Wont be growing anything there in their place. The previous owners used this little fenced of area right at the end of the garden as a land fill site so the soil will be contaminated anyway. Gonna build a big isolation shed.

But my garden waste bin is completely full and I need them gone.
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Have you tried agent orange???
 
Mr Hacker said:
There already is a nice concrete slab down. This is where the tramps threw all their crap and chucked some soil over it.

Ive found everything in there from bags of general domestic waste and a full house worth of carpets to a dead dog and even a panel of one of those metal fences they put up round building sites. I’ve cleared a good 3/4 of the pile over the last 2 years and just need to finish it but it’s properly overgrown with dense weeds I’ve got nowt to do with other than make a new mess somewhere else.
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Ah, I understand. The hard way, with a spade and digging out all the organic matter, then a few coats of round up, then put the shed on top, use a bitumen strip just where the wood touches the floor to prevent moisture rotting the base of the shed, should see you fine.

Had similar where I live. Many of the previous generation, pre-environmental education, just buried things and hoped for the best. I've lifted out asbestos cement roof sheets, old farm machinery, fireplaces, a sheep skeleton, illegal deer/man traps and an old kitchen from my land over the years. The thing that annoyed me most was where they'd felled trees to improve their view and had just left the trees laying there, rotting away. A disrespectful, lazy waste of wood.
 
Ric Glasgow said:
Have you tried agent orange???
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Used by the yanks in Vietnam to clear the jungle, so those pesky little VC gooks couldn't hide in the undergrowth. Effective. But also very good at spreading cancers and other deadly illness. Makes you wonder if their next door neighbours are levelling the scores on the doors.
 
Mr Hacker said:
What’s the most brutal weed killer you can get for killing of nettles and stuff. They’ve had a full bottle of that resolva stuff but they’re hanging on in there.

Wont be growing anything there in their place. The previous owners used this little fenced of area right at the end of the garden as a land fill site so the soil will be contaminated anyway. Gonna build a big isolation shed.

But my garden waste bin is completely full and I need them gone.
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/173929885409

I used to use the original ‘Clinic’ in a back pack sprayer, I still have some it’s fantastic stuff. The last one I bought I had to get from a supplier in Scotland as none of the English suppliers were able to supply it due to new EU rules.
 
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