Bracken.....in woodlands

[david wood]

a lot of electric fencing and some pigs perhaps, this is a guess as i am not sure how much damage a few pigs would do to trees.

 

i do wonder cause i kind of like the idea of rearing and then getting butchered own meat, so could solve two things at once.

[bolthole]

a lot of electric fencing and some pigs perhaps, this is a guess as i am not sure how much damage a few pigs would do to trees.

 

i do wonder cause i kind of like the idea of rearing and then getting butchered own meat, so could solve two things at once.

 

Apparently pigs are great for this sort of thing. They like being in the woods too...

[Stoke Wood Project]

A pony pulling a log is very effective,

[Stoke Wood Project]

Where are you? I have a couple of different mowers, flail, and rotary, that would get on top of it. Cheers.

[Austin Spanners]

All of the above.

 

Got pigs in a bracken infested wood, near Guildford, been there now for 2.5 years and the bracken has gone.

 

I have used horses with a purpose build bracken roller on heath sites and this worked well after two years of rolling.

 

Tractors and land rover driving over sites also works well.

 

Cutting twice per year with a clearing saw worked well in an old coppiced area.

 

So, there you go. Whatever you can get your hands on, which suits your site.

 

Good luck

[Treewolf]

Pigs, or wild boar. The natural solution.

[aitch]

Pigs, or wild boar. The natural solution.

 

And good bacon!