Hi all,
As I said in a previous post, I've just moved into a new property. The garden is very steep and has been mostly taken over by bracken. I was saying to my Dad, that a lot of places control bracken by rolling it (although this now always seems to be done on the back of a tractor). I was clearing some bushes away later that day, and came across what I think is a manual, hand-operated bracken roller. It looks old and is like a ton weight! Due to the steepness of the garden, I think if you managed to roll it down there, you'd never get it back up again.
One side of the bracken roller says 'Selfridges and Co, London' and on the other side, it says "Invincta" (actually in inverted commas). The roller seems to actually consist of two separate rollers, next to each other. One seems a bit seized up, but could probably be freed.
Does anyone know anything about this sort of thing - is it even a bracken roller? I've google'd it a lot and can't find anything on hand-operated bracken rollers, or the names that are displayed so boldly on it.
Thank you very much!