Newbie on the block.
Sorry about dragging up an old topic, but it rseems relevent to what I need to ask. If there are any other posts that are better, please show me where.
I have an old vegetable garden, established about 40 years ago, enclosed by 4 foot chain link fencing, with concrete posts, on 3 sides, and con block wall on the 4th side. About 100 feet, by 80 feet is size, with a narrow con block path offset to one side. All in excellent order.
It has been neglected for about 25 years or so, is/was set up for growing potatoes mostly.......left with high ridges, and deepish furrows. I did want to rotovate it, but with the furrows, it's nigh impossible.
There are goosebery bushes to one side, blackcurrants to another, the third sis is covered in blackberry brambles, which have now covered a large area. 3 apple trees, and two or three small Ash trees(which will be cut down, and stumps left at about 4 foot high(bird table stands). The con block wall is covered with any Ivy of somesort......I'll post some photo's, and show whatit's like.
So, with all that....will a couple of medium sized pigs, be able to clear it with out doing them any harm......I hope to hire, or borrow a couple from a neighbour to accomplish this. There has been no livestock at all, been kept on the premises for many years.
I did help a mate for a year, to set up his organic pig farm in Worcestershire, about 14 years ago...he had Tamworths, and middle whites. I now live in Ireland, since that time. So I'm no stranger to them.
When we went to Tamworth......to pick up some weaners(Tamworths obviously), the seller showed us a small orchard, that was originally full of the same type of stuff I have mentioned. He ran a huge sow and a boar in there for a few months, and they cleared the lot, almost.
Any thing that you experts know, that will be against, or for doing this. It is only a temporary measure to do this 'garden'. I will not be keeping any livestock, whatsoever.
Cheers folks.