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Re: poison ivy
Karen: I saw the most amazing thing when visiting an agricultural
convent in Connecticut last month. They are using pigs, surrounded
by flexinet electric fencing, to rip up and destroy the root remnants
of bushes/shrubs/trees along the edge of a pasture, preparatory to
replanting. They have 3 pigs in the pen, which is moved at regular
intervals to cover the whole length of the pasture, and their effect
on ground cover is nothing less than amazing. Everything is
completely ripped up, leaving churned earth looking like an
industrial strength rototiller gone crazy. And it doesn't take long.
If you are willing to reseed, and if you can borrow some young pigs
for a few weeks, you could consider this option. One of the species
they are destroying is poison ivy. Ann
ACLARK@crop.uoguelph.ca
Dr. E. Ann Clark
Associate Professor
Crop Science
University of Guelph
Guelph, ON N1G 2W1
Phone: 519-824-4120 Ext. 2508
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