[MAIPC] [INVASIVES] invasive removal with volunteers now

[kschachinger at gmail.com]

CORRECT!
Here's my latest victim (bradford pear):



and my letter to the paper about our local library having a "Wisteria Festival"

>>> I recently noticed signs around the downtown Library, announcing a "Wisteria Festival" on April 4.  I thought that the wisteria vines in the space between the Library and the Stryker Center were chinese wisteria, wisteria sinensis.  "Chinese and Japanese wisteria" is listed as a "Problem Plant" on the Virginia Master Gardeners site.
>>> It's listed as a nonnative invasive species by the Virginia DCR, and the National Parks Service lists it as an invasive species found at Colonial National Historical Park.   Is that the plant we're celebrating?

Here's their wisteria.  It's NOT the native kind, but I posed the open question in order to appear less pissy:







Kathi Mestayer
105 Gilley Drive
Williamsburg, Va 23188
kwren at widomaker.com
757-784-7395 (cell/text)

"My life is based on a true story."
- Mac Mestayer

> On Mar 17, 2020, at 5:33 AM, Marc Imlay <ialm at erols.com> wrote:
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> From: Ellen Nibali <knibali at gmail.com <mailto:knibali at gmail.com>> 
> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2020 8:45 PM
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> Seems an ideal occupation during a pandemic.
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> On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 8:42 PM Marc Imlay <ialm at erols.com <mailto:ialm at erols.com>> wrote:
>> invasive removal with volunteers now, with current COVID-19 risk
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>> As a weed warrior, removing invasive plants is a safe way to avoid contact with the virus. Weed warriors in MG county are certified and remove invasive plants while being with your significant other whom you are with anyway. 
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>> Marc Imlay
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