Any reason you don't kill the greenbriar? Our deer don't seem to eat it and it is taking over the woods we have.
My folks have about 50 acres of fenced and wooded cow "pasture" that their small herd has roam of. MFR all over the place. I wish I could go in and nuke it chemically - but they're now a certified organic farm and can't use any herbicides like that. And I don't have the time to go at it mechanically like I want to. :-(
It would probably take 1 or 2 people an entire work week to mechanically cut all that crap.
I had to google autumn olive. I'd never heard of it, but apparently you can eat the berries. If you eat them all, it won't spread.Rent a bobcat for a couple of days. Then you just need to reseed and keep it mowed. Autumn olive is worse than MFR to eliminate. Hate that crap.
True. Not too bad, either.I had to google autumn olive. I'd never heard of it, but apparently you can eat the berries. If you eat them all, it won't spread.
https://ouroneacrefarm.com/autumn-olive-foraging-autumnberries/
True. Not too bad, either.
Goat rental is also an option. They will eat about anything, thorny or otherwise, so it's best to turn them loose well after the spring wildflower season.
http://rentagoat.com/indiana/
Yeah, I noticed that. Maybe because we allow assault goats here, or because they only have goat ropers in CA:That is really confusing. Site says located in IN, but only services California addresses.
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...It would probably take 1 or 2 people an entire work week to mechanically cut all that crap.
Brush hog.
Dang. You have weird deer. Most of the greenbriar here is kept nipped back pretty good. Our deer seem to love the stuff.