Out of control Ivy!

Merlin5 said:
Well, the owner of the flat above me has now seen it
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doesn't he ever look out the window !

vegetable oil will do, wipe a bit on blades, or just general purpose hinge/bike oil ...
can get a wet stone too, for re-sharpening ... cutting privet hedges/ borders/ivy-stems take their toll.
 
jpaul said:
doesn't he ever look out the window !

vegetable oil will do, wipe a bit on blades, or just general purpose hinge/bike oil ...
can get a wet stone too, for re-sharpening ... cutting privet hedges/ borders/ivy-stems take their toll.
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Lol, actually, the owner doesn't live there, he rents it out but he came over today to look at some repairs he needs to do above my flat.

Awesome, I've got plenty of vegetable oil I can use.
 
I'm absolutely knackered. Spent all afternoon and evening in the garden. Got the grass cut with my old petrol mower, pulled tons of weeds, have scars to prove the stinging nettles were alive and kicking. Put the veg oil on my blades and then again after cleaning them.

They're good and I got rid of some Ivy twigs on the fence, but there's lots of tough thick branches that are too much for shears, they need power tools. I twisted and broke off lots of them by hand. Anyway, I've exposed some of the neighbours fence, and part of a trellis just fell to bits when I pulled some ivy away. So now there's a gaping hole which is an eyesore. Take a look, his fence needs replacing right?

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That would be three panels as he already replaced the end two panels. I'm hoping he'll do it and the tenant next door who was using a saw on his side of the fence to cut the stems of the ivy going up the wall says he also expects them to be replaced.

There's just too many thick branches that have woven themselves through and over the trellis and even between the fence panel slats. It's a mess. They need to replace the fence and that means they'll have to remove all the branch and twig infestation. Amirite?
 
Merlin5 said:
I'm absolutely knackered. Spent all afternoon and evening in the garden. Got the grass cut with my old petrol mower, pulled tons of weeds, have scars to prove the stinging nettles were alive and kicking. Put the veg oil on my blades and then again after cleaning them.

They're good and I got rid of some Ivy twigs on the fence, but there's lots of tough thick branches that are too much for shears, they need power tools. I twisted and broke off lots of them by hand. Anyway, I've exposed some of the neighbours fence, and part of a trellis just fell to bits when I pulled some ivy away. So now there's a gaping hole which is an eyesore. Take a look, his fence needs replacing right?
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You don't need power tools. A bow saw and a lopper (I can recommend these Spear & Jackson loppers). Some decent secateurs will also help. Alternately, you go for a chainsaw or one of those small chainsaw pruners - just cut everything into pieces and tear it out. Don't bother trying to cut the ivy from the fence, just cut the whole lot and bin it.

Merlin5 said:
That would be three panels as he already replaced the end two panels. I'm hoping he'll do it and the tenant next door who was using a saw on his side of the fence to cut the stems of the ivy going up the wall says he also expects them to be replaced.

There's just too many thick branches that have woven themselves through and over the trellis and even between the fence panel slats. It's a mess. They need to replace the fence and that means they'll have to remove all the branch and twig infestation. Amirite?
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Yep, fence has had it. If those are wooden posts, they've probably had it too.
 
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