By Neat & Tidy Landscaping
English ivy removal and control guides covering vines, roots, ground ivy, tree ivy, regrowth, disposal, removal costs, and practical ways to manage invasive ivy in Seattle.
Scope: Five crew members, 7.5 crew hours, approximately 10 cubic yards and 2,500 pounds of debris. Day-rate project. We deal with blackberry and ivy almost every day. We cut, trim, remove accessible roots, rake, and haul everything away. We take care of the whole process. Here’s a blackberry, ivy, and overgrown yard cleanup we completed … Read more
Ivy and Blackberry Removal: How We Get a Yard Back Under Control Hey guys, here’s an ivy and blackberry cleanup from Neat & Tidy Landscaping. Look at the before photos. Ivy covering the siding, vines climbing the trees, blackberry mixed into the shrubs. There’s a house in there, but the plants are doing a pretty … Read more
Customers often ask me what tools we use to remove English ivy. The answer is surprisingly simple. We use hedge trimmers, loppers, grub hoes, rakes, and buckets. You can buy these tools yourself. The harder part is knowing how to use them together—and having the patience to keep going until the job is done. We … Read more
Ivy removal is a pretty straightforward process. You pull the vines, dig out the rooted sections, rake up the debris, and keep going. There’s no mystery to it. The question is whether you want to spend your weekend doing it. Think about moving furniture. You can rent a truck, load everything, drive to the new … Read more
Working in landscaping around Seattle, we come across English ivy almost every day. It’s in front yards. Backyards. Parking strips. Parks. Slopes. Fence lines. Greenbelts. And climbing up trees. Once you learn to recognize it, you can’t really unsee it. Before I worked in landscaping, I probably would have looked at many of these properties … Read more