SwampFoot
In the Brooder
- Apr 20, 2015
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I don't have enough service to post pictures of what I'm working with, but hopefully you guys can get an idea.
My pens were built way before my time. There's a flat tin roof about 6ft high, estimating about 20 by 30 ft space, with oak trees forming a canopy above.
Years' worth of leaves have fallen and composted into dirt on the roof, which made a perfect place for Virginia Creeper to thrive and take over everything with structure. There's rows of broodpens underneath this messy roof that are still very repairable, but I'm stuck on my overgrown roof problem right now.
I tried getting up on the roof to tear it off, but I'm not sure that all parts of the roof will support my weight; the fact that it supported me at all is surprising.
I tore down some pens that couldn't be saved, and along came the vines, and that's when I realized how poisonous the growth was. It's been a week since I done that, and my arms, legs, and hands are raw from it. I wore garden gloves ,I guess I need more protection the next time I go after it again.
I can't find the main root for this vine, and it even squeezes through the framework of the pens.
How can I safely remove these vines from the center of the roof where I can't reach?
My first idea is to take a pole, and attach strong fishing line with large hooks to grab them and keep pulling them off until they're gone, I think it might not work though if the hooks just tear it up before pulling it. I have even considered trying to find a way to set the roof on fire safely, lol.
I was gunna take cuttings from an existing and overgrown grapevine to grow on the pens and compete with other vines, the chickens have always loved the grapes. My other competitor idea is wisteria, which is beautiful and fragrant, but that stuff is really heavy when it grows.
My pens were built way before my time. There's a flat tin roof about 6ft high, estimating about 20 by 30 ft space, with oak trees forming a canopy above.
Years' worth of leaves have fallen and composted into dirt on the roof, which made a perfect place for Virginia Creeper to thrive and take over everything with structure. There's rows of broodpens underneath this messy roof that are still very repairable, but I'm stuck on my overgrown roof problem right now.
I tried getting up on the roof to tear it off, but I'm not sure that all parts of the roof will support my weight; the fact that it supported me at all is surprising.
I tore down some pens that couldn't be saved, and along came the vines, and that's when I realized how poisonous the growth was. It's been a week since I done that, and my arms, legs, and hands are raw from it. I wore garden gloves ,I guess I need more protection the next time I go after it again.
I can't find the main root for this vine, and it even squeezes through the framework of the pens.
How can I safely remove these vines from the center of the roof where I can't reach?
My first idea is to take a pole, and attach strong fishing line with large hooks to grab them and keep pulling them off until they're gone, I think it might not work though if the hooks just tear it up before pulling it. I have even considered trying to find a way to set the roof on fire safely, lol.
I was gunna take cuttings from an existing and overgrown grapevine to grow on the pens and compete with other vines, the chickens have always loved the grapes. My other competitor idea is wisteria, which is beautiful and fragrant, but that stuff is really heavy when it grows.