Northeast Gardening: heeling plants in, 0 by jjpm74

jjpm74 wrote:
Any kind of ivy hardy in our zones should not be grown and is incredibly invasive. Rodents including rats love to nest in it, termites use its firm root system as a base for their nests and even after trenching you can't get rid of it once it's established. I took a few pictures of my back yard which will cost me almost $15K to repair and rebuild to show you what can happen over time if you neglect the ivy even for a month. If you do keep it, keep it in a well contained area in a pot and if you toss it, do so in a garbage bag with the other non-recyclable garbage.

The first picture shows what a fence looks like after removing everything including what I though were all the taproots just a month earlier:

This message was edited Nov 29, 2006 2:52 PM