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    Is there anything remotely useful I can do with bramble clippings?

    I've taken out a wild blackberry bush today (what I could get of it anyway, I'm sure I haven't managed to foil it's plans for world domination!). Is there anything at all useful that I could do with the enormous pile of prickly clippings?

    Claire
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    I keep some of the biggest bramble stems until they dry and are totally dead then use them to spread over newly planted areas to keep younger son's cat off. Doesn't always work but a lot cheaper than the rubbish the garden centre sells which is supposed to do the job Other suggestions include drying them out a bit and having a nice bonfire.
    Happy Gardening,
    Shirley

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    • #3
      You can make Bramble tip wine i'm sure some of the whino's on here will put you right with the recipe i made some once a long time ago drinkable i was toldjacob
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      • #4
        Burn them, or use them to keep the cats off your beds.

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        • #5
          Love the anti cat idea! I'm quite keen on a big fire too but I'm not sure my neighbours would appreciate it. Thanks everyone

          Claire
          I was feeling part of the scenery
          I walked right out of the machinery
          My heart going boom boom boom
          "Hey" he said "Grab your things
          I've come to take you home."

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          • #6
            Useless information held in a seldom used vault in the brain......seem to remember they were good for bunny rabbits with diahorea, bungs them up methinks??? Or was it to de-bung constipated bunnies???? Something to do with bunnies anyway!

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            • #7
              Stick them in a shredder and compost them down.
              ntg
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              • #8
                Little tip, I find its best to hold them by the back legs and pre stun them on the side of the shredder before you bung them in.

                otherwise they try to drag them selves out.
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                • #9
                  Its catching the mince on the way out gives me the most problems
                  Sopose you should skin them first then?
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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by beefy View Post
                    Its catching the mince on the way out gives me the most problems
                    Sopose you should skin them first then?
                    Put them in the freezer first if you like bunny chips!
                    My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
                    to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

                    Diversify & prosper


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                    • #11
                      I agree with Nick, my grandad always said they broke down really quickly as long as you left them to go brown first. They didn't have shredders then, just rabbits.
                      Derbyshire born Derbyshire bred & I'm not thick int'arm ort'ead!

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                      • #12
                        I shred them green - like rasp canes- and compost them.. They break down in 12 months... Just don't shred roots or seeds.. or you will have zillions seeding in your garden like buddleia:-((

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