16 years of Goddess Permaculture through the Bealtaine Project at Bealtaine Cottage, West of Ireland.
Colette O'Neill is a writer, photographer, environmentalist and teacher who has devoted the past 16 years to turning 3 acres of derelict land into a woodland sanctuary for all life, planting over 1,100 trees in the process. Colette posts prolifically across Social Media, encouraging planting of trees and regeneration of Mother Earth. Her life energy is now devoted to the Great Goddess, Mother Earth!
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I love your cottage. Just wondering how did you get rid of the rushes – i have a very large field of rushes and i would like to get rid of them in an eco friendly manner – do you have any suggestions for me?? thank you.
I strimmed them down, planting trees and bushes as I went along, mulching heavily with cardboard and straw.
I see lots of rushes in the fields, seeding and spreading.
One years seed is seven years weed.
Rushes used to be used as bedding for animals and make good compost too, but must be cut before they seed!
Hedges keep the wind from carrying the seed from neighbouring fields.
Cows are bred to be very large and heavy…this leads to poaching of the land as rain intensifies.
Machinery is used on the land that cannot support the weight and leads to serious compacting of the soil.
Walking the land and considering all these issues and more will provide practical, long-term solutions to be put into place.
All these practical steps need to be addressed, as the problem with rushes is not in isolation.
Everything is connected.
Colx
I love your cottage. Just wondering how did you get rid of the rushes – i have a very large field of rushes and i would like to get rid of them in an eco friendly manner – do you have any suggestions for me?? thank you.
I strimmed them down, planting trees and bushes as I went along, mulching heavily with cardboard and straw.
I see lots of rushes in the fields, seeding and spreading.
One years seed is seven years weed.
Rushes used to be used as bedding for animals and make good compost too, but must be cut before they seed!
Hedges keep the wind from carrying the seed from neighbouring fields.
Cows are bred to be very large and heavy…this leads to poaching of the land as rain intensifies.
Machinery is used on the land that cannot support the weight and leads to serious compacting of the soil.
Walking the land and considering all these issues and more will provide practical, long-term solutions to be put into place.
All these practical steps need to be addressed, as the problem with rushes is not in isolation.
Everything is connected.
Colx