wonder if sheep or better still goats would help beverley, the way i see it stopping the plant from seeding would have to be a high priority. don't know how well involved this is on bev's 5 acres but maybe it could even be possible to get out there every week or so with a brush cutter and cut the stuff down to ground level and keep it that way, this could cause a die back type scenerio where other grasses take over and strangle it out? would attacking it with a flame gun help? thinking out loud here huh.

if there isn't that many individual plants cut it right down and put a thick layer of mulch over it, i kill lots of grasses and weeds this way even use newspaper then mulch. maybe do this after the goats have been in, bet you could borrow a couple of goats from someone? if not feed a couple up for your own table.

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