• boogetyboo@aussie.zoneEnglish
    4·
    2 hours ago

    Playing whack a mole with my neighbours ivy. Keeps popping up on my side of the fence. Fuck whoever brought it to Australia.

    • MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.netEnglish
      4·
      2 hours ago

      I’m playing whack a mole with my own ivy. Fuck the prior house owners for letting it get out of hand. I got all of it from the trees and the side of the house but it always grows back. I’m still finding sprouts from thick woody vines that have been there forever apparently. I tried removing it from the fence but realized very quickly that it’s the only thing holding it together. 😒

      And fuck the English for bringing it over (we both know it was them, even their plants are colonizers).

      • sevan@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        1 hour ago

        Same. I have a fence that’s barely still standing now that I removed the ivy. I’ve been pulling it and spraying it for several years now. I know I’ll never win, but I’m doing my best to keep it in check. The most painful part is when I go to garden centers and see it for sale. It makes me want to cry.

  • casmael@lemm.eeEnglish
    6·
    4 hours ago

    Nah it’s pretty intent on covering the whole of England too tbh. Good for the bees in September tho ☺️

    • JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 hours ago

      IIRC a lot of it has at some point been sprayed with super toxic herbicide to try and kill it off.

      Don’t quote me on that though I’m just quoting a Wendigoon video from memory

  • j4k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    7 hours ago

    Kudzu was the last bioweapons unit of the Union army in the US civil war. It never surrendered, it is still fighting the American South, and winning the guerilla war.