Take it as read Belinda, they do. Your pond expert is not so expert if he denies it, the only greenery they wont tackle is bull rush I have to drag that out with a rake

My grass carp are hungrey for any green stuff, they devour spare lettuce & cabbage from the garden, so pond weed no probs

Get a few chickens

[quote]Hi Vegman,
What has seeds got to do with it?

Couch propagates via seeds & roots

Yes, I remember it !!

http://www.worldwar2exraf.co.uk/Online% ... ster1.html

Try this link for info

http://www.fishing.co.uk/species_display.php3?id=51

I had this problem some years ago & bought some Grass Carp, they love blanket weed & duck weed !

I once grew an acre of carrots using a combined row seeder with a hoe attachment, had to thin by hand though !

No, of course now there are easier methods. We were wheelbarrow farmers then compared with todays industrial farming. You wouldn't believe how dairy farming has declined in Cheshire in the last 10 yrs, in my immediate locality 20 have gone out of business, sold their buildings for houses, & thei...

No, it worked it was a very dry summer & ended up like the sahara

As a lad I once ploughed a 10 Acre field constantly all summer to get rid of couch, no Roundup or anything similar then

You're lucky Alan, they are a constant threat here, I keep them under control and that's all, always there. Every week I paint the ends of perchs with some real creosote, not the artificial stuff & that stops them multiplying & migrating into other parts of the coop. Diesel is effective as i...

Blimey..............

Certainly not a foliar feed !

Hortiman,
I can't believe you have couch & bindweed to chop, have you not heard of roundup ?

The Swallows are getting much rarer here in south Cheshire, about 20 dairy farms in the immediate area have gone out of business and sold their buildings for domestic housing. The nestings sites have consequently been taken away. House Martins are still around & build under my house eaves, I hav...