Crazy weather lately

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You may need some Agent Orange, a mixture of 245T and Tordon 50D. ;)

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I wouldn't use any of that stuff if you have pets, especially dogs.
Latest research shows that perhaps the big chemical companies have been less than factual with their info on side effects in animals. Google it. Buy a mattock.
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supersparky wrote: Tue Jan 20, 2026 9:39 am I wouldn't use any of that stuff if you have pets, especially dogs.
Latest research shows that perhaps the big chemical companies have been less than factual with their info on side effects in animals. Google it. Buy a mattock.
Which one of them Dave .... or all of them? The days of swinging a mattock are far behind me, the back would last a few minutes under that sort of torture, probably the rest of me as well :lol:
A few mins with the chainsaw along the top of the hedge does me in these days .....

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Maybe just get the miniature sized mattock. Kinda like using a hammer. I'll find a link.

Look at this product that I found on google.com https://share.google/Xo4ptzVEkobvQloAr

This is the hand tool version of the big mattock. No more difficult to use than a claw hammer.
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Of course you could saturate the stump with cooking oil and eucalyptus oil mix, that kills just about anything without damaging the environment. If you ever get a tick, just put eucalyptus oil on it and it will die and drop out within a few minutes. We had an invasion of spanish heath a few years ago, this is very hard to stop, council told everyone to use round up and a couple of other deadly sprays. I rotary hoed the thousands of small plants, slashed the big ones and put eucalyptus oil and veggie oil on the stumps, they died. Had to rotary hoe for a few years as they popped up from their seeds which can last in the ground for 7 years, now completely free of them and the same for other invasive species I found when first bought this place.
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supersparky wrote: Tue Jan 20, 2026 10:17 pm Maybe just get the miniature sized mattock. Kinda like using a hammer. I'll find a link.

Look at this product that I found on google.com https://share.google/Xo4ptzVEkobvQloAr

This is the hand tool version of the big mattock. No more difficult to use than a claw hammer.
The parts that aren't concrete, are pack down very solid, but we will see how we go.

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