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  Brian www.mibservices.co.uk October 19, 2010 at 10:51am

  Not much you are going to be able to do with this area, already heavily infected with Giant Hog, Willow Herb etc etc, I would just do what they have asked for and if the Giant Hog etc becomes an issue in their garden, then you could get extra work on the site for spraying
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  Stuart @ Eco Garden Maintenance October 19, 2010 at 11:36am

  Eventually nature will take its course - it will turn into scrub land with brambles and tree saplings. The bramble areas will get larger and the saplings will grow to young trees, eventually maturing (after we are gone!).
  
  its great for wildlife but if the owners would like to keep it as is i would suggest flail mowing once a year like farmers do on permanent setaside.
  
  stu
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  David-County Grounds Maintenance October 19, 2010 at 2:57pm

  We have one site where the RSPB have an interest and we flail early oct and end of feb (if needed) and leave the rest of the year for nature to take its course with a couple of paths cut through. If left completely it will turn into the ' abandoned look' after a couple of years - bramble city!!
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  Roy Bretton October 19, 2010 at 4:31pm

  I am with you on this one Andy, I have never seen wild areas work very well, or even wild flower areas look very good. I would suggest that you try and give the area at least one cut per year, otherwise brambles and weeds very quickly take over. I used to have several areas in larger gardens where we would perhaps cut between one and four times a year depending on the season, I would encourage your client to do this, if you can, please see example

  
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  Greenlawns October 19, 2010 at 5:50pm

  Just voice your concerns with the client, that way you've covered yourself when it looks like a wilderness.
  You can only advise and point people in the right direction,
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  AndyCharles-EnborneGardeningCo October 19, 2010 at 7:12pm

  Do you really think that is giant hogweed? I thought it was common hogweed???
  
  Brian Moore said:

  Not much you are going to be able to do with this area, already heavily infected with Giant Hog, Willow Herb etc etc, I would just do what they have asked for and if the Giant Hog etc becomes an issue in their garden, then you could get extra work on the site for spraying
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  AndyCharles-EnborneGardeningCo October 27, 2010 at 11:20pm

  If it's not too late in the year, does anyone fancy quoting for flail mowing this (see 1st post for photo)? It's near Newbury, West Berkshire. PM me if you are.
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  AndyCharles-EnborneGardeningCo October 28, 2010 at 12:38am

  Thanks for the suggestion - a useful bit of extra work for me, but some questions:
  1. Is it too late to do it?
  2. Can I hire something to do the grass pickup - the flail mowers I've found to rent on the net only cut - or can I leave the grass?
  3. As an alternative, would a powerful enough collecting lawn/garden tractor be up to the job of cutting the grass etc
  
  Pro Gard said:

  Why not hire one, around £60-£70 a day.
  
  Too farr from me unfortunately.