Imagine doing the job of a forest janny, but without compensation. You should have more respect for yourself bro.

>>2791552
HE LITERALLY DOES IT FOR FREE
YOU CANT FUCKIN MAKE THIS STUFF UP
SCREENSHOT IT BOYS

>>2791552
Not everything needs to be a monetary exchange bro. He does it because it's right and he likes it.

>>2791551
Yes
I murder Ivy, scotch broom and Himalayan blackberries mostly.
>>2791553
I did more volunteer work before I turned 20 than you have done in your entire life.
Not everyone is takers anon.

>>2791576
You might say... you do it for free.

>>2791583
It actually costs money. I bought equipment and I also have to buy maintenance supplies like oil and brushes.
Unlike jannies I don't get to submit bans for trivial shit when someone hurts my fee fees in a thread.

>>2791591
incredibly based. i used to do this with a group of other people and we had to stop because we did everything in our area over the course of a few years. no more blackberries or hawthorn or st johns wart for 20kms
what tools are you using? you mention oil, are power tools necessary? we just used mattocks, machetes, gloves and sacks

Invasive plants almost always just get eaten by deers. What really needs to go is these fucking hellspawn.

>>2791551
I used to get rid of Himalayan balsam. It's very invasive in the UK (particularly around our polluted rivers). But it's a losing battle so I stopped.

You can pull up thousands of it, and it's satisfying to do (because it comes out so easy with tiny roots), but it spreads so quickly and extensively that there will be twice as much the following year.

I hate it because it stinks.

>>2791647
That sounds like it sucks. I know the UK and parts of the US are dealing with a Japanese Knotweed problem. Another horrible invasive.

>>2791643
>Invasive plants almost always just get eaten by deers
i have yet to see that and i have multiple deer on my property.

>>2791551
I would, but since I don't know plants very well, I'm afraid of accidentally uprooting something that looks similar to an invasive species but was actually native.

>>2791606
Saw, machete, shovels and some rakes. The Saw and machete are tool steel so I oil them after use so they don't rust. I have a folding shovel that's an old marine style I oil the folding pins on as well. I don't use power tools because I'm not trying to attract attention.

>>2791791
>>2791643
Deer don't eat most invasive plants. They will eat English laurel at certain times of the season but only the new shoots. They won't touch scotch broom or ivy.
>>2791834
Besides grasses I've yet to encounter an invasive species that looked remotely like native species. Himalayan blackberries are obviously not local because all the local ones are trailing (grow along the ground) where Himalayan are erect. The Himalayan are also much bigger even as a sprout.

>>2791988
get yourself a mattock like picrel. its by far the most useful tool for weed stomping, one swing at the ground takes out any weed assuming that the "trunk" is narrower than the handle (just an estimation). aim about 5cms below the ground where the plant is coming from
saws are a waste of time unless you need to take down a tree taller than you are, and then also need to carry it out. otherwise just mattock the roots and knock it over and leave it

>>2792019
If my timing is right I can pull the scotch broom up from the roots. I almost never need to dig. Some of the older scotch broom I use a Hori Hori just to loosen the roots. The Himalayan blackberries get the machete. I just need to keep them at bay until they're choked out by other species.

Occasionally I do saw down some massive scotch broom I find--several inches at the trunk but they seem to stay dead. I rarely use the saw. Mostly I pull stuff up.

I do top thistles before they go to seed--same deal they eventually are strangled out by other species and they often get infected by fungus from continually being topped before going to seed.

>>2792023
>I just need to keep them at bay until they're choked out
if you chop out the rhizome with the mattock you never need to come back and you dont have to fuck around with reseeding
>I rarely use the saw
why bring it? you can bring out more if you bring in less
>hand pulling, if your "timing" is right
ok if you like this i guess its whatever but its not the fastest way to deal with thousands of weeds and its certainly not the easiest

i mean no criticism though, you are doing great work but you could be doing it a bit better

>>2791551
>Himalayan Blackberry
Just found out you can basically genocide these fuckers and no one can say shit about it. Got a spot picked out I'm going to release some rage on in the spring.

>>2792200
Is that because they're a class C weed (in Washington state anyway)
They really are a horrible weed, its amazing how much land is covered in that shit when it could be hosting a native species.

>>2791552
>>2791553
Holy fucking kek

>>2792023
>Hori Hori
im so fucking dumb, years ago i chopped off the tip of my left index finger with one of those clearing invasive plants from the periphery of our greenhouse lol

>>2792237
Hori shet

>>2792221
>I live to take
>I even steal old jokes that have been spammed here for literally decades
We get it subhuman, you don't give one shit about preserving nature.
>>2792024
>the saw
I use it for Ivy

I'm not offended in the least--my methods would make sense if you saw what I was working with. I like maddocs but one of my other requirements is being able to hide all my gear. It all fits neatly into a bag.

>>2792239
>>2792237
This is probably one of the best gardening tools I've ever owned. It is absolutely sharp as fuck from the factory and stays sharp a long time. I have round-files I use to sharpen it from time to time but I've never gotten it as sharp as from the factory.

>>2792260
That's the A.M. Leonard one right? Are those full tang? I put a lot of pressure on my Hori Hori knife and its not full tang, the wood handle probably won't last too long.

>>2792260
yep, i learned that the hard way!

>>2791551
I've done buffelgrass removal. Eurasian collared doves have no bag or possession limit in AZ but I've only ever seen them innacity. If I find a flock innamountains I will eat them.

>>2791583
Put em clutch

>>2792262
I'm not sure if it's full tang or not but I've stomped the shit out of it and the handle hasn't broken off yet. I put enough pressure on it to slightly bend the blade (which took a lot) and it still hasn't broken.
>>2792311
When I first got it like a retard I brushed the serrations to see how sharp it was and it sliced the fuck out of my thumb.

>>2791551
I only do this on my own property but alot of the worst problems are going to be too virile to put a real dent in.

Like popcorn tree for example. Hack and squirt with imazapyr does a pretty good job but you would never make a dent just chopping them down.

I'll rip up salsify, prickly lettuce, cheatgrass, etc. If I'm stopped in an area and there's a small enough amount that I can make a dent in it without getting sucked in for hours
>>2792260
Flat file on the concave side edge does wonders, the edges like to curl up and make it hard to get anything but a rounded edge
>>2792262
They're pretty retard proof, I've never heard of one breaking

>be native plant
>honed by millions of years of evolution to perfectly thrive in your local soil type, climate, etc.
>get absolutely mogged by a plant that evolved in a completely different environment on the other side of the world
?

>>2791551
Just be careful, it's easy to make a mistake, maybe you should leave it to professionals or at least consult with park administrators about what you're doing.

>>2791647
>I used to get rid of Himalayan balsam. It's very invasive in the UK (particularly around our polluted rivers)
Oh no, beautiful flowers growing prosperously in a *checks notes* polluted wasteland

>>2794913
>They're pretty retard proof
i cut my left index finger tip off with one so there's that

>>2791551
>Anyone else like going out into parks and wild area and killing

Oh yeah

>>2795007
>he isn't a professional botanist as a hobby
ngmi

>>2796433
By definition if its a hobby it's not professional

>>2791551
>Anyone else like going out into parks and wild area and killing invasive species?
Oh yes, and thanks to the same people enabling them building their filthy colonies in our parks and wooded areas, no one is reporting the increase in remains being found in them.

>>2792260
>pointy double-edged blade
erm... isn't this illegal?

>>2791551
I used to search along the cricks and riverbanks for any unknown stands of giant hogweed. my plan was to propagate it as a security feature around the property, but sadly despite the rumors of invasive hogweed in the area I never found any

>>2791551
>Anyone else like going out into parks and wild area and killing invasive species?
Did you mean to post on /pol/, by any chance?

>>2791551
I think you’re doing good work anon

>>2795007
Everything I kill is on a noxious weed and I teach plant identification to kids. I wouldn't call myself a botonist but I can identify all the common native species on site and I can definitely identify the noxious, invasive plants. I've talked to some of the city and parks people that deal with public space plants and they are all for it. I definitely know more about the native species than they do.


In fact the more I feel people understand about their native plants the more likely they are to go out and kill the invasive shit.

>>2791551
gods work anon, bless your heart. I really want to start doing this in my area aswell

how do I identify an invasive plant species?

>>2798862
Most states / counties have a noxious weed list. For instance Washington state has a three tier list of weeds grouping them by how serious of a threat they are to the local ecosystems.
My recommendation is learn some beginner botany (plant morphology and families) and look up a list of your local weeds. Start from there. Some weeds are super easy to identify as they look like nothing else in the area, and some not so much.

>>2794992
It's actually more like this
>be native plant
>native insects and fungus and disease are perfectly adapted to feed on and infect you
>be non native plant
>get moved half way across the world
>all your natural predators are left behind
>now have an advantage over the native plants

>>2791551
This is absolute cuck behavior. Seek mental help, now.

>>2798902
In theory it's a great idea in reality it's more like some retard tearing up plants randomly because he can't tell them apart and leaving them lying around, ensuring they can still propagate.

>>2798904
I'm not retarded, I'm just stupid.
I assure you I can identify Himalayan black berries.

>>2798904
Sadly, this is the likely scenario. I wonder how many rare native plants Johnny Urbanite here has destroyed "accidentally".

>>2791551
yup I do it with and without getting payed for it

>>2799654
It take minutes to learn the identifying features of the worse invasives you fucking moron. This isn't a tropical jungle will tens of thousands of species.

>>2791647
Get some goats. Profit.