September 2009 – First Pass at Giant Knotweed Patch

In September of 2009, Steve cut a significant amount of knotweed, and carefully piled it onto tarps. He tried to get out whatever he could, both in the central area, and a couple of more isolated patches.

Here’s a good photo of what the entire knotweed area looked like. You can see a few very small holes where some had already been cut out. The work on the knotweed was in its infancy, however, it had begun!

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Huge knotweed infestation

 

Photo of brush area
Where one smaller patch of knotweed was.

 

Photo of tarp with knotweed
Knotweed piled onto a tarp

 

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Making a dent in the larger patch of knotweed
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Closer up, same “hole” of cut away knotweed

 

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Another huge pile of knotweed on a tarp

 

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As it turned out, there were many more of these huge piles of knotweed in our future.