u/sk0ooba

Does anyone know what the heck this tree/bush/plant/weed is that's taking over my entire yard?

It seems to be growing out of other trees? But also its own stumps? And also right out of the ground? The leaves are about the same size regardless of how that particular plant is growing.

The leaves are like 6" wide and kind of scratchy feeling. Some of the leaves have little fruits on them. They look like bunches of teeny tiny green grapes. Almost like sea grapes if you've seen those. Sorry I didn't take a picture of the little fruits, I noticed them after I put my phone inside.

I know next to nothing about plants, so sorry for my shitty description.

I don't know why but this thing is really stuck in my craw this week. I got some garden shears and cut it down a little bit because it was becoming a real haven for mosquitos and my cat goes under there and eats them (obligatory- he's supervised outside, he's not killing birds). The pieces of it that have stumps are also fucking up my fence which is annoying me. My aunt would say, "the power of plants!" I say, "I don't want to fix my fence again!"

I've tried googling all kinds of stuff and Google Gemini told me it's a kiwi plant (it's not) or a grapevine (it's not a vine).

I can't even tell if it's all the same plant or just really similar leaves.

Help! I just want to know what it is so I can figure out how to make it more manageable.

Hi yall,

I just bought Ming Tsai's cookbook Simply Ming In Your Kitchen (co-authored by Arthur Boehm) from a second hand store and it had this autograph on the first page. It appears to say, "Amy, great meal!! Peace + food (?)" and then I have no idea what it says after that. It doesn't look like the signature says Ming Tsai or Arthur Bohem. Anyone know who it might be?