March 2016 Bush Honey Suckle control
In early spring they are easy to identify, being among the first to leaf out. After a rain they are easy to pull up. If the ground is soft enough, it's possible to pull up ones with almost two inch diameter stems.
Larger have to be cut and the roots either dug out or poison applied carefully directly on the fresh cut stems.
Rob pulled quite a few and piled them up for me. I shake the dirt of the roots and make sure that they are exposed to light and air to insure they die.
Often easier to go ahead and cut the big ones without taking time to stop and carefully apply the poison. As long as come back later, make fresh cuts and then apply. Or if small enough light suffocate with something.
Cleared out a whole bunch of bush honeysuckle, but still a lot more behind. Now need to cut up the bush honeysuckle stems and do something with them. And put some native trees and bushes in there. Forest edge that faces north...
three serviceberry in northwest forest
This south west facing slope becomes quite shaded in the summer. The bush honeysuckle invasion has reached down into here, but so far they are mainly the small easily pulled up ones.
Eleven black haw put in corner between drives.
We removed a bunch of bush honeysuckle to create this open spot that should get enough morning sun, good place for an edible thicket
Plenty of shade here, along with lots of poison ivy. The pile in front is bush honeysuckle, but there i still a lot more to come out of this area. Basically all the green bushes back in there. This is the part of the place that has the bush form of poison ivy, but at this point they are just grey stalks, though some are 5 or 6 feet tall even if pencil thin.
the flag to the right side is from 2015planting, think it might be serviceberry. This is a wet area when it rains, hope they like it. A thicket of them here will be fine. There are till a large number of bush honeysuckle that need to be removed to the left, under the sycamore tree.
six silky dogwood and 3 blackhaw
The blackhaw in front, the silky dogwood to the back, closer to the water level. many small and a few big bush honeysuckle were removed to give these guys some light.
Rob taking a break behind cedar
large amount of bush honeysuckle cut or pulled.
clearing bush honeysuckle and multiflora rose
Rob has been hard at this and only just beginning to reveal the trunk of the willow tree that had fallen.
clearing bush honeysuckle and multiflora rose
Rob has been hard at this and only just beginning to reveal the trunk of the willow tree that had fallen.
