2 years and I finally cleared the last bramble

[MattD]

OK, I know they're probably lurking just below the surface ready to spring into view as soon as we have three warm days in a row, but today for the first time I was able to look down the length of my plot and see no brambles.

2 years of scratched arms, thorny splinters and the like is now over.   I've now got about 1/2 under cultivation, I'll break the ground on another 1/4 this year and the final 1/4 I'll break next winter.

Hooray.

[Sparkly]

Well done! We took on a bramble infested plot last year and can't wait to get to that stage!

[SMP1704]

Yay!  Well done you.  It's true some shoots will pop up, but they are soooo much easier to deal with.

Any piccies??

[Robert_Brenchley]

Just pull them out as they come. Be ruthless, and they will give up in the end.

[saddad]

If you listen very carefully you can hear the taproots saying "I'll be back!"
 

[lorna]

Nice for you to see the results of all your hard work, well done.