Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Cutting down east Asian invasives along persimmon Run in se , 3 by Rickwebb

Rickwebb wrote:
A few shots of my cutting down ugly, icky invasive plants in Downingtown, PA, along what I call Persimmon Run because of some wild persimmons along part of the watercourse. First photo shows a section in early December 2015. Second is some Amur honeysuckle I have cut back so at least they are not all along the ground. Third is a young Tree-of-Heaven with a Japanese Honeysuckle vine growing on it and some other such trees to the right. The forth are the logs and cut branches of the Tree-of-Heavens I cut down. The fifth is one of the Tree-of-Heaven stumps I axed to cut away bark and split deep into the base. I enjoy cutting down and digging invasives, so the natives can come back. I enjoy it as much as any gardening. So far, Spicebush, Jack-in-the-Pulpit, and Skunk Cabbage are showing up more, along with persimmons.