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Rural/Farm Life

woodsprite

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4. Throw a whole lot of bamboo and English ivy in with the poison ivy.

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Sat May 26, 2012, 09:42 PM

May 2012

When we bought the house 8 yrs ago we didn't realize how aggressive they both were and
the roots are all intermixed with roots from 50+ foot tall oak trees.

I told my husband that we need to adopt a live panda as our next pet.

Anybody have any ideas how to get rid of bamboo?

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Those of you in the north east and upper midwest - [View all] hedgehog May 2012 OP

Snowmobiles. Scuba May 2012 #1

Why do people assume that any ground more than 10 ft from a house is hedgehog May 2012 #2

kids on ATVs are universal gejohnston May 2012 #3

I figured that for Southerners, kudzu is the worst! hedgehog May 2012 #5

Kudzu is invasive and a problem gejohnston Jun 2012 #11

Throw a whole lot of bamboo and English ivy in with the poison ivy. woodsprite May 2012 #4

Every spring, my husband lloks the other way as I palnt like crazy, but he alsways has these hedgehog May 2012 #6

I LOVE my bamboo. Denninmi May 2012 #7

I think the key is that you have to keep after them! hedgehog May 2012 #8

Or avoid the running bamboos and just plant clumpers. Denninmi May 2012 #9

Interesting that no one in the midwest is saying european buckthorn or prickly ash. HereSince1628 Jun 2012 #10