Sunday, September 6, 2009

HELP!!!! I need somebody!!!!

I am beginning to hate the rain! I don't really. I just hate having it all well up and produce mosquitos. I have been trying to keep the rainbarrel empty to avoid the bugs, and have even gone so far as to chlorinate the water, but they just keep coming back.

I have complained about the weeds before, and while I do hate weeding, I have something to talk about that is more than just weeds that have gotten ahead of me. I have two, count 'em, two invasive vines that have been covering my fence, tree, and plants.

First there is the weedy vine that puts out those orange pod things that smells so green when you pull them out. The house just north of me is vacant and this vine is crawling all over their fence and has spread to mine. I keep pulling it down whenever I am out in the yard, but I just cannot get control of it. It really took over two years ago, but last year it wasn't bad at all. This year it has started to spread out, so I think I can keep ahead of it. This vine is really minor, though.

The worse of the two is this horrible thing that is like kudzu. At first I thought it was a passion vine. It came from the free mulch, but from the shape of the leaves I thought it might be the Florida native passiflora. Jim N was visiting and he assures me that it isn't a passion vine, although it does have many of the same properties. This is very invasive and has choked out two of my passion vines, and the confederate jasmine. It is all through my tangerine tree, and is on top of the oak behind the fence. The vines have grown to 6" thick, and when you pull on them, the flesh sloughs off. I have tried Round-up on it to no avail. I have pulled miles of it out of the trees, and it has been a real struggle to get it out from the jasmine vines. I wouldn't care it if killed the two trees, since I have always disliked them. But they aren't happy just covering the trees. They are monopolizing the fence, and are starting to choke off the different vines I have growing on it. I try to keep it under control; I can pull out 10 feet today, and tomorrow will have 20 feet in its place. I hack at the stalks that I can reach on the ground, and can see where some has died, but the majority takes it as time to push out more vines. Does anyone have suggestions for me?? I am going crazy over this stuff!!!

HELP!!!!

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