Getting rid of invasive plants from your yard. Don't plant these!

An invasive species is a non-native plant, animal, or microbe that spreads and establishes itself in a way that causes harm to the environment, the economy, or human health.
Invasive species are considered "bad" because they can cause significant ecological, economic, and social harm. They can:
- Crowd out and displace native species, altering the balance of an ecosystem and reducing its overall biodiversity.
- Change the structure and function of an ecosystem, leading to changes in nutrient cycling, hydrology, and other ecological processes.
- Alter food webs, leading to declines in native species that depend on them for food.
- Introduce new diseases and parasites, which can harm native species and even humans.
These are a few of the invasive plants I am battling:
- English Ivy
- Winter Creeper
- Tree of Heaven
- Bush Honeysuckle
- Bradford Pear
- Garlic Mustard
In addition to the harm they cause, controlling invasive species can also be costly and challenging. Because they often reproduce quickly and have few natural predators, they can quickly become established and spread widely, making it difficult to control or eliminate them once they are established.
#permaculture #nativeplants #invasivespecies

[@knutekvinsland7605]

This is a very helpful and informative video! Thanks!

[@TylerLloyd]

Glad it was helpful!

[@threeriversforge1997]

Yep. Dealing with a ton of invasives around here, and it's aggravating! I think the big thing that people don't really think about is that while they might like the plant, for whatever reason, they don't have a "right" to force that plant on to others. When someone says, "Yeah, but I really like how the English Ivy looks!" that's entirely valid. Where it stops, though, is when they can't control the plant. It will get out of containment, even if that's after the original buyer passes away. That's exactly what I'm dealing with at the moment, the prior landowner thinking that all these invasive plants were pretty. He took very good care of them.... but his family didn't after he left this mortal coil.
Folks will say, "Sure, but it's my land and I can do what I want!" Yep. Sure can. But don't complain when your neighbor decides to pour used motor oil out in HIS back yard and it seeps under the fence to ruin your land. After all, it's his property and he has the right to do whatever he wants on it. Right? 😀
I think the biggest thing, for me, is just losing that "sense of place". Every town, state, ecosystem, is entirely unique, with a set of plants that are delightful in their own right. When you use plants that are mass-produced because you saw them in a store, you're killing that uniqueness that makes your area so special. When you can travel for a thousand miles in any direction and see the same handful of plants being used in every yard.... that's sad. I like to say that you can travel from Idaho to Ireland and find people wearing the same clothes, watching the same movies, reading the same books, and landscaping with the same plants. How sad is that? Where's the uniqueness? Where's the wonderful "sense of place" that lets you know you're in a whole different spot?

[@SmilingIbis]

Well, my yard in Western Missouri, which had nothing but grass when I moved in (1998), now is infested with winter creeper, English ivy and bush honeysuckle. These three at least conspired to wipe out the trumpet vines. Small victory, I guess.

[@My51000]

Hey😊

[@TylerLloyd]

Hey.

[@Lucas_roblox720]

I love English ivy, but is it OK if I didn’t get rid of it? Or should I get rid of creepy Charlie’s instead?

[@TylerLloyd]

If you keep it managed and as a ground cover, it’s less bad. The problems really start when it grows up and makes berries. I’m also battling Creeping Charlie. So, it’s both for me.

[@Lucas_roblox720]

@@TylerLloyd I hate creepy Charlie’s but I don’t hate English ivy and by the way I I love how you say battling for creepy Charlie’s

[@Lucas_roblox720]

Also creepy Charlie’s is known as a vine and also part of a mint family. Also, it can be confused as strawberry leaves and even catnip and by the way I pick up creepy Charlie’s flower looks like a yellow clover flower.

[@Lucas_roblox720]

I hope you read it all

[@TylerLloyd]

@@Lucas_roblox720 yeah, Creeping Charlie makes up the majority of my grass areas in some spots. I do like how it looks and how green it stays, but I’d prefer grass and wild flowers. (Read it all 😊)