I'm trying to rejuvenate a 3 acre meadow I bought last year - just for amenity use, no immediate intention to graze.
When I bought it the whole area was covered in brambles up to 6ft high (the land had been abandoned for at least 10 years). The former owner had a local farmer cut it back with a flail prior to sale to me. The brambles have started to come back but mostly it is now just long poor quality grass with various weeds.
I went over it again with a Wessex AF-120 flail, behind my Quad. I am left with a lot of semi-mulched dry cuttings and the underlying ground is pretty lumpy.
I was thinking of getting a harrow that I can tow behind my ATV (a Yamaha Grizzly 550, about 35HP). I am hoping regular use of this will gradually get the land back into shape.
I am confused as to the range of harrows available (spring tine, weeder, chain, etc). Examples are here:
http://www.atvattachments.uk.com/spring-tine-harrows-94-c.aspWhat should I be looking for?
Ploughing and re-seeding isn't an option - there is very limited access and the land is on a fairly steep slopre (which was why it was abandoned and why I got it cheaply).
Thanks
Nigel