I sent a message to a mod on blahaj.zone about the Lemmy instance and it appears to be back up today.

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Thank you. I appreciate your comment. I'm very invested in solarpunk, and would give anything to see a solarpunk world come to fruition. Without addressing the challenges and finding solutions, our movement will not be as effective. I'm happy that this discussion got a lot of engagement (by lemmy standards) and got people thinking.

Okay, on a slight tangent but I was wondering what the difference between social ecology and human ecology is. I hear a lot about social ecology in these circles and a lot about human ecology in different circles. I'm assuming they're related, but are they interchangeable?

Lucky...looks delicious.

This is very helpful. Thanks.

Also, does anybody know of a preexisting r/foraging or r/plantID equivalent instance, and if not would want to start one? Not OP but would like to know.

Do you think covering a stump that keeps trying to resprout would do the trick? There's one growing right beside a rose bush that keeps trying to crowd it out. Would it hurt the rose bush to cover it?

Hm...you bring an interesting perspective.

I very much would like to never see any privet again in this area. Along with mimosa, tree of heaven, and kudzu. If you can't tell already I'm from the Southeastern US, haha.

It is an uphill "battle" and yeah, doubtful I could win in actually removing all these plants for good. It's frustrating to see how they destroy native plants that are useful and important to me and the creatures around me. I do think they have an overall negative impact on the biodiversity of the area, but I didn't know about its medicinal uses. It's easy to get into that mindset that it's entirely negative. But you're right, I've gotta try and see it holistically.

My main gripe with Privet in particular is that it's growing in the middle of other plants. I've got a Jerusalem artichoke, fig bush, and scuppernong bush it's trying to crowd out. I'd be worried about altering the soil composition for the sake of the plants that are already there that I'm trying to save.

It seems that its favorite place to grow is in disturbed forest, but it's a very opportunistic plant and will grow outside of that, including in other plants. Sigh

Edit: I didn't mention explicitly that it's an invasive introduced to the area along with the other plants I mentioned. Just wanted to clarify that.

Great idea. I've tried poisoning it with glyphosphate (I'm not a fan of poison either). I didn't think of drilling holes, so I'll have to try that. Thanks for your advice.

I think it's small leaf privet. It also goes by the name of "Chinese Privet" here. This is in the Southeastern US.

While there's plenty of annoying seedlings, the cut stumps are my main problem. They like to grow in the middle of other already established plants. I've even tried poisoning the stumps, which I hate to do but I felt I had no other choice. It still came back.

Thanks man. You're doing God's work. I was expecting some shitty inaccurate pdf but this is well put together. Thank you for doing what you do. All hope is not lost in this world.