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  • From: Jim Fruth <jfruth@uslink.net>
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  • Subject: [NAFEX] Killing Poison Ivy Organically
  • Date: Sun, 01 May 2005 08:43:14 -0500

There seems to be much interest in killing Poison Ivy so I thought I'd
tell you how I killed it. I had alot of it and it was so thick that I
couldn't get into it to spray without getting some on me so, first, I made a
trip to the hardware store. I bought electric fence supplies, enough to
enclose my one acre, installing two wires, one at 12" high and another at
30". Then I rented two goats. Goats LOVE the stuff. After a month or so,
the land was de-nuded of Poison Ivy AND all other brush, but the roots were
still intact. I returned the goats and bought a few pigs (I couldn't find
anyone who would rent pigs). The pigs rooted up all of the roots. Then,
when the land was ready to plant, the neighbors and I had pork sausage in
the freezer.

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Jim Fruth
Brambleberry Farm
Pequot Lakes, MN
www.bberryfarm.com









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