 Pampas Grass- a bit long, feel free to ignore!
This bit of the board is supposed to be about the best way to grow non-edibles. However, I'm here for advice - or just a good snarl - about ridding my garden of this spawn of the devil!
Pampas grass was planted by our predecessors to fill a space at the end of the garden. It's screened from the rest of the garden by a trellis with honeysuckle and clematis. This little plot is on my hit list as a new site for the 3 daleks. Where they are currently sited will be an area for a water collecting system for the new shed - due to be started in March-ish. However, I have just spent half an hour with secateurs, spade and fork attacking it from above and below. It now looks like it's had a bit of a haircut - and slightly exploded! It's tempting to set fire to it - lots of dried stuff from previous years - as you can tell, I haven't lavished any TLC on it, hoping it would become discouraged and die. However, it looks like such a nice winter shelter for something - hedgehog mebbe, that I can't do it.
Has anyone here successfully eradicated one? I'm sure the advice it to keep at it - a bit each day etc. I'd love someone to say 'the foolproof way is just to ....' In my dreams eh?
Rant over.
Ta for listening.
Flum |