If your area is becoming prone to the houses being gobbled up by large commercial renter companies (Here mainly we have American Homes 4 Rent) here is something you can do to put a turd in the punchbowl.
Most forests here are secondary growth from originally being farmland left to convert back to woodlands. Pines being the dominant tree and having forest like below that are open and offering little food or cover for wildlife.
But as we all know renters don't do yard work. They all have their own cars and cell phones but not a lawnmower or lopping shears to be seen. Here we are getting massive amounts of Elaeagnus and hybrids thereof known as Silver Thorn. They love pine forests and grow long reaching thorny limbs that make impenetrable thickets. This makes walking in the woods impossible, and makes awesome wildlife habitat as Oppossums, Racoons, Coyotes, Snakes etc thrive in these areas. And most renters are not wildlife lovers so they move into the house, live a few months to a year at best and when the Silver Thorn takes over and wildlife with it they move.
The property owners soon become so burdened with repairing the inside damage caused by the renters they rarely spend any money to help clear the lot and soon the house is abandoned. At that point we go back to a previous post and make sure the house is exposed to the elements and let it collapse into itself. Problem solved. Does take time but with patience the problem solves itself. Just needs help getting started.
If you dont want to or have the money to buy the plants themselves or if nurseries in your area have quit carrying them here is what to do. Locate a grove near you, dig seedlings for free or better yet collect the berries in fall and mix them in your birdfeeder mix. The birds will do the rest by carpet bombing the neighborhood for you!
But as we all know renters don't do yard work. They all have their own cars and cell phones but not a lawnmower or lopping shears to be seen. Here we are getting massive amounts of Elaeagnus and hybrids thereof known as Silver Thorn. They love pine forests and grow long reaching thorny limbs that make impenetrable thickets. This makes walking in the woods impossible, and makes awesome wildlife habitat as Oppossums, Racoons, Coyotes, Snakes etc thrive in these areas. And most renters are not wildlife lovers so they move into the house, live a few months to a year at best and when the Silver Thorn takes over and wildlife with it they move.
The property owners soon become so burdened with repairing the inside damage caused by the renters they rarely spend any money to help clear the lot and soon the house is abandoned. At that point we go back to a previous post and make sure the house is exposed to the elements and let it collapse into itself. Problem solved. Does take time but with patience the problem solves itself. Just needs help getting started.
If you dont want to or have the money to buy the plants themselves or if nurseries in your area have quit carrying them here is what to do. Locate a grove near you, dig seedlings for free or better yet collect the berries in fall and mix them in your birdfeeder mix. The birds will do the rest by carpet bombing the neighborhood for you!
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