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[Supercow]

Colleagues recommend goats for the same reason. Goats also would take care of the autumn olive shrubs...

Goats? That sounds significantly more hardcore than explosives.

 

[Supercow]

"smother" something into that soil would require explosives .
I have started to cover that area with woodchips, but its a slow process and the weeds enjoy the new soil too much.

Weeds are not all bad... https://savoursoilpermaculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/weeds_guardians_of_the_soil.pdf