u/Crafty-Car7135 — reddlx

How do I dispose of poison ivy?

Hey y'all, appreciate any help you can give. A year ago moved onto 3 acres of wooded land that has been unkept/unmanaged for decades. In addition to so many invasive species that I’m literally pulling and digging up by hand, I am also tearing up a ton of poison ivy.

Normally I gather up whatever I’m pulling and burn it in the next bonfire (we have them with friends over every once in a while), but I obviously don’t want to burn poison ivy, so what do I do with it? Do I just make it a separate compost pile? That’s what I’ve started, but I don’t know if that’s the best. Do I have to worry about the vines (some of them are thick - several years old and woody 3-4” thick) sprouting roots and spreading that way?

I don’t know if this is helpful, but I’m in Southeast Massachusetts, USA. Any help would be super.

Cheers

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u/Crafty-Car7135 — 8 days ago

▲ 3 r/ShroomID

What are these?

Found these cool guys in the woods on my property. Near wetlands but not quite a wetland here. They range from 1-2 up to 6 inches tall. I’m in south eastern Massachusetts USA.

Any idea what they are?

u/Crafty-Car7135 — 1 month ago

▲ 307 r/whatisit

Metal … something?

I have been pulling up invasive plants on the property which means I have to dig sometimes to get the entire rootball out. Anyway, I found this thing a few inches deep in soil and have no idea what it is. I moved into this house last year and I have no idea what the people before us did here. I just know they were old and hadn’t been doing much in the last several years. I live in wooded eastern Massachusetts in the United States. We’ve found some other steel/metal pieces around the property (mostly old steel cables and two gigantic rails that look like they may have gone to the bed of a flatbed truck).
Any idea what this thing is? It is two pieces one larger thing and a smaller detached piece but I’m sure they went together somehow.
Thanks ☺️

u/Crafty-Car7135 — 2 months ago

▲ 2 r/flowergardening

Should I avoid dropping wildflower seeds in summer?

I’m new to gardening and learning on the fly. Long time houseplant collector but recently moved from a rented apartment into a house my partner owns so moved into gardening.

I have created some wildflower gardens and some walking paths between them using American Meadow’s Northeast Native Wildflower seeds (https://www.americanmeadows.com/products/native-northeast-wildflower-seed-mix). I live in Southeast Massachusetts in 6b/7a hardiness zone.

Anyway, to my question. I’ve but essentially a wildflower maze through my front yard. We tilled up the soil and added new loam before dropping the seeds and while the seeds are taking really well, i seem to have missed some spots where invasive grasses (Japanese stiltgrass 🤬) have taken over. I have been going through and pulling them, leaving fresh open patches of soil. I saw someone say that as they pull out invasive plants, they always drop native wildflower seeds on the open soil to come in next season.

If I do that in late July, will that be wasting the seeds? Should I wait until fall? Or will it matter if I drop now?

Please share your gardening wisdom with me. 🙏
Thanks yall!

u/Crafty-Car7135 — 3 months ago