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Garlic Mustard Control by Cheryl Jirik, Landscape Restoration, Inc.

Garlic mustard is the bane of my existence. I have often said I will take 100 acres of buckthorn over one acre of garlic mustard. My field experience, and interactions with  landowners, has shown that options beyond hand-pulling exist to … Continue reading

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HUMOROUS INVASIVE SPECIES VIDEO

Garlic mustard plants are beginning to bloom here, there and everywhere. Get those garlic mustard plants out before their seeds finish developing and disburse. When you take a well earned break from pulling out these nasty, prohibited garlic mustard weeds, click on … Continue reading

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GARLIC MUSTARD CONTROL WITH SEED PODS PRESENT

Sometimes I feel like the little Dutch boy who kept his finger in a dike hole to hold back flood waters until help arrived. In my case I want to educate the public about garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) until a greater … Continue reading

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GARLIC MUSTARD – BANE OF MY EXISTANCE/PART 2

My dreams nightmares are filled with garlic mustard rosettes popping up here, there and everywhere. I frantically try to control the spreading garlic mustard deciding which plants to pull and which to spray with a low concentration of glyphosate (2-3%). … Continue reading

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GARLIC MUSTARD – BANE OF MY EXISTANCE

What you don’t know can hurt you. In the case of garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) it can hurt your woodland too – badly. My awareness of more and larger infestations of garlic mustard every spring hurts my ability to sleep well … Continue reading

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