So, are you sick of hearing about gorse? What is gorse anyway?
Well, Gorse is an abnoxious pest in the form of prickly bushes. The English settlers brought it over with them (thanks ancestors) and the seed can lay active in the ground from 40-70 years, depending on who you talk to. THe best way we know how to keep it at bay is to keep mowing down the grass so that it does not get a chance to grow. Even when it looks dead it is still just as prickly.
Our house yards have lush grass with no gorse on it but where it has not been mowed for 4 years or so, we have that jungle of prickles I keep posting pictures of.....
We have been cutting down the bushes to make way for our fruit trees and well just sick of the sight. Yesterday was no different. Armed with a hand saw and pruners I was determined to free the fence along side the house so we can plant our berry bushes and replant our passionfruit vines.
Proudly now I can say we can now walk right around our house without coming across a gorse wall...
Well, Gorse is an abnoxious pest in the form of prickly bushes. The English settlers brought it over with them (thanks ancestors) and the seed can lay active in the ground from 40-70 years, depending on who you talk to. THe best way we know how to keep it at bay is to keep mowing down the grass so that it does not get a chance to grow. Even when it looks dead it is still just as prickly.
Our house yards have lush grass with no gorse on it but where it has not been mowed for 4 years or so, we have that jungle of prickles I keep posting pictures of.....
We have been cutting down the bushes to make way for our fruit trees and well just sick of the sight. Yesterday was no different. Armed with a hand saw and pruners I was determined to free the fence along side the house so we can plant our berry bushes and replant our passionfruit vines.
half way there
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| clear fenceline and an easy walk around now |
Proudly now I can say we can now walk right around our house without coming across a gorse wall...
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