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New Review Article on Using Tarps to Control Invasive Knotweed

New Review Article on Using Tarps to Control In...

Here's a new review of the literature on using tarps or coverings to block sunlight and control invasive knotweeds (Reynoutria spp.or Fallopia spp.). Dusz et al 2021 (link to abstract...

New Review Article on Using Tarps to Control In...

Here's a new review of the literature on using tarps or coverings to block sunlight and control invasive knotweeds (Reynoutria spp.or Fallopia spp.). Dusz et al 2021 (link to abstract...

New Stake Sharpener Added to Green Shoots Product Line

New Stake Sharpener Added to Green Shoots Produ...

Instead of burning your woody invasive brush, turn it into stakes using this new tool. Use the stakes for field research, gardening, landscaping, etc. I sharpen the stakes out in...

New Stake Sharpener Added to Green Shoots Produ...

Instead of burning your woody invasive brush, turn it into stakes using this new tool. Use the stakes for field research, gardening, landscaping, etc. I sharpen the stakes out in...

How to Control Canada Thistle - Seasonal Guide

How to Control Canada Thistle - Seasonal Guide

Check out our latest guidance on controlling Canada thistle: How to Control Canada Thistle: Seasonal Guide (2021) This document contains our most up-to-date advice on how to control this nasty...

How to Control Canada Thistle - Seasonal Guide

Check out our latest guidance on controlling Canada thistle: How to Control Canada Thistle: Seasonal Guide (2021) This document contains our most up-to-date advice on how to control this nasty...

Prairie Restoration in Oak Savanna

Prairie Restoration in Oak Savanna

Clearing Brush for Prairie Restoration with Brush Mower This is a prairie restoration that we started a while back. The first thing we did a few years ago was girdle...

Prairie Restoration in Oak Savanna

Clearing Brush for Prairie Restoration with Brush Mower This is a prairie restoration that we started a while back. The first thing we did a few years ago was girdle...

How to Control a Large Stand of Invasive Knotweed

How to Control a Large Stand of Invasive Knotweed

Controlling a large stand of invasive knotweed can be a daunting task.  We just finished this document: Green Shoots Guidance on Controlling a Large Stand of Knotweed.  Knotweed Monoculture document...

How to Control a Large Stand of Invasive Knotweed

Controlling a large stand of invasive knotweed can be a daunting task.  We just finished this document: Green Shoots Guidance on Controlling a Large Stand of Knotweed.  Knotweed Monoculture document...

Whatever You Do This Spring, Don’t Plant Bradford Pear Trees!

Whatever You Do This Spring, Don’t Plant Bradfo...

You see those trees with white flowers in the drone photo below from early spring 2020? Those are pear trees growing in a southern Indiana plot where oak and pecan...

Whatever You Do This Spring, Don’t Plant Bradfo...

You see those trees with white flowers in the drone photo below from early spring 2020? Those are pear trees growing in a southern Indiana plot where oak and pecan...