[SaveFerris]

Awesome.

Ripped out all the ones here. They slept over the winter (hibernated) despite being ripped out last year, too). So there must have been others lurking in the soil. Waiting for their day. Despite the multiple hard freezes over the winter.

Burn ‘em if you can (don’t burn down the neighborhood).

They’ll probably be a persistent problem.

[Capt. Tom]

I just came in from a back yard check and definitely I have the chokeberry you described.
I noticed the plant I am loocking to find out its name, is growing with and interwoven with the chokeberry but is a definite different species.

It is so tenacious in the spring it grows up 30 feet on a nearby tree and I just checked and it is up about 40 feet now.

I don't mind the weeds because they are so thick they block out the view of the street behind me during the summer.

This particular weed is taking over everything, and I have to keep my eye on it as it takes root everywhere. - Tom

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

I am, annually, in a death struggle with wild blackberry bushes in and around my backyard garden.

I have to keep plucking them out with the shovel which never gets all the roots out and they come back.

I stumbled into the Imperial Cruiser root yesterday. The thing was bigger around than my forearm.

Felt good to get a big win even though I know next week I will be back out there with the shovel pulling out another garbage can worth of new starts.