We took a little tangential walk down a riparian road at the Village Trustees meeting Tuesday.
Chair Candace Coburn was interested in finding out from resident Bob Pear his suggestions for knocking back invasive knotweed from her property.
Pear was officially at the Village Trustees meeting to report on a State of Vermont grant he’ll be applying for on behalf of the Village in order to “park-ify” our riverbank property in the area of our current snow removal dumping site.
However, since Pear seemed to have insider knowledge, and since this is the new Post-Pear-as-Trustee “lovefest” era with her former nemesis, Coburn asked for advice about her personal plant issues.
Pear suggested that all any of us need to combat knotweed is 1) a drill and 2) a turkey baster to, er, inject killer chemicals into this weed.
Knotweed has apparently become more prevalent along stream banks due to the wide sweep of Tropical Storm flood waters two years ago.
We see there is plenty of informative material out there on the internet about how to combat knotweed. We provide you with a lovely video from West Virginia –produced with U.S. Fish and Wildlife — and also refer you to this Vermont website (which is run as a joint effort of scientists at the University of Vermont, The Nature Conservancy and the U.S. Department of Agriculture):
Julia Carlisle
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