permaculture

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>As a result I have loads of multi flora rose that will really cut you up as 
>you try to get by in the woods. I also have areas of pasture where they grow 
>profusely.
>
>I have tried cutting them down with loppers but there are sooooo many. 
>Plus I 
>don't really know if I'm not making the problem WORSE since newer, more 
>tender growth quickly shoots up! 

 Are goats feasable - some friends bought an old citrus orchard choked 
with brambles 8 feet high - they put goats on to eat them down and 
systematically dug out the root stock and within a few years had 
reclaimed several acres.