Is that… landscape fabric? You poor soul. No “easy” way.. unfortunately.
jilldxasd35
What is it?
OldTree6356
Is it a dead animal? If so, I’d let those little critters on top of it do the hard yards for a few weeks and shovel the bones up or bury them later!!
wildcampion
Keep it until Halloween, because it’s perfect
ILCHottTub
This is what happens when you listen to folks who say bury carpet, rugs and synthetic liners to stop weeds.
molasses_disaster
Omg I thought it was a dead animal phew
PostHarvestLogic
Typically by removing the top layer and then removing the layer of material you wish to remove.
BlissfulAsABee23
Have you considered kill with fire?
coelestinum
My condolences OP the only way out is through
fajadada
Thick gloves and a lot of cussing
GroundbreakingLog251
Only real solution is probably to dig it all out and replace with new soil
kreatureofhabit
Well I thought it was a dead animal with bugs on it. So I mean weed barrier does sound almost better 😂 but it’s a lot more work ultimately!
I was just thinking about my garden and now I’m wondering….Do I have plastic breaking down like this in my soil and I’m freaking eating it and feeding it to my family?
I don’t even know how far stuff like this leeches but I bet it’s pretty far 🤦 Gotta love accidentally poisoning yourself! 🤦😂
VocationalWizard
You have to do it like clearing mines, or remediating radioactive fallout.
Slowly and in sections
Map the most important sq meeter to remove and remove it.
Repeat
Prestigious_Pie9421
Glad it’s not what I thought at first glance. Deceased animal.
yo-ovaries
You risk damaging tree roots, but a rented backhoe and screening all the soil would be the only way
Inevitable_Fish150
Omg, I thought it was a spider web.. like is this Australia?! 😆
crlthrn
Cover with soil, then plant on it. Unless you’re talking about removing a large area of it…
DimensionVirtual1537
I BEG YOUR PARDON😭
RunMysterious6380
My dad tried this in a limited run on the Christmas tree farms, but it was far more trouble than it was worth after a few years, and a huge PITA to eventually tear out. It also made bush-hogging the rows an exercise in avoiding land mines that would damage and/or clog the equipment for long periods of time.
Corvidae5Creation5
Maybe just do additive soil amendments instead of trying to dig all that shit out? 10 layers of soaked newspaper, topped with 6 inches of bark mulch, keep it watered and in like a year you’ll have nice topsoil. Bonus points for planting nitrogen fixers like clover after 6 months when it’s broken down a bit.
AbbreviationsLow2595
I will do no such thing
Darkheart132
Assuming you’re on a budget the best way to remove the vast majority of it is to just dig the area up and sift it out. It’ll be painstaking and time-consuming unless you can rent a machine for the digging. Then remove the rest that a sifter cannot get by hand. After which you can then take a handheld blowtorch to the dirt itself to try and get most of the smaller pieces that you can’t see before adding the soil back to the area. It’s a pain in the ass and you’ll always have microplastics in the soil afterwards as many people have pointed out. But that’s personally what I would do. Otherwise, I’d just dig up the whole area dispose of all the contaminated soil, then refill with new soil. Again you will still have microplastics. Can’t be helped either way. Hopefully, someone has a better alternative.
ChinkapinOak
Omg. I thought that was a really nice boulder. 🤦🏻♀️
VeritasRose
When i was a landscaper, we would dig back a few inches wherever it was popping up and trim it. Eventually over a few years you’d get it swiss-cheesed enough to pull the remainders out. Was the only way to do it without digging up the whole yard.
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I don’t even know what I’m looking at.
https://i.redd.it/jt0il1i6vkpf1.gif
Dig.
Is that… landscape fabric? You poor soul. No “easy” way.. unfortunately.
What is it?
Is it a dead animal? If so, I’d let those little critters on top of it do the hard yards for a few weeks and shovel the bones up or bury them later!!
Keep it until Halloween, because it’s perfect
This is what happens when you listen to folks who say bury carpet, rugs and synthetic liners to stop weeds.
Omg I thought it was a dead animal phew
Typically by removing the top layer and then removing the layer of material you wish to remove.
Have you considered kill with fire?
My condolences OP the only way out is through
Thick gloves and a lot of cussing
Only real solution is probably to dig it all out and replace with new soil
Well I thought it was a dead animal with bugs on it. So I mean weed barrier does sound almost better 😂 but it’s a lot more work ultimately!
I was just thinking about my garden and now I’m wondering….Do I have plastic breaking down like this in my soil and I’m freaking eating it and feeding it to my family?
I don’t even know how far stuff like this leeches but I bet it’s pretty far 🤦 Gotta love accidentally poisoning yourself! 🤦😂
You have to do it like clearing mines, or remediating radioactive fallout.
Slowly and in sections
Map the most important sq meeter to remove and remove it.
Repeat
Glad it’s not what I thought at first glance. Deceased animal.
You risk damaging tree roots, but a rented backhoe and screening all the soil would be the only way
Omg, I thought it was a spider web.. like is this Australia?! 😆
Cover with soil, then plant on it. Unless you’re talking about removing a large area of it…
I BEG YOUR PARDON😭
My dad tried this in a limited run on the Christmas tree farms, but it was far more trouble than it was worth after a few years, and a huge PITA to eventually tear out. It also made bush-hogging the rows an exercise in avoiding land mines that would damage and/or clog the equipment for long periods of time.
Maybe just do additive soil amendments instead of trying to dig all that shit out? 10 layers of soaked newspaper, topped with 6 inches of bark mulch, keep it watered and in like a year you’ll have nice topsoil. Bonus points for planting nitrogen fixers like clover after 6 months when it’s broken down a bit.
I will do no such thing
Assuming you’re on a budget the best way to remove the vast majority of it is to just dig the area up and sift it out. It’ll be painstaking and time-consuming unless you can rent a machine for the digging. Then remove the rest that a sifter cannot get by hand. After which you can then take a handheld blowtorch to the dirt itself to try and get most of the smaller pieces that you can’t see before adding the soil back to the area. It’s a pain in the ass and you’ll always have microplastics in the soil afterwards as many people have pointed out. But that’s personally what I would do. Otherwise, I’d just dig up the whole area dispose of all the contaminated soil, then refill with new soil. Again you will still have microplastics. Can’t be helped either way. Hopefully, someone has a better alternative.
Omg. I thought that was a really nice boulder. 🤦🏻♀️
When i was a landscaper, we would dig back a few inches wherever it was popping up and trim it. Eventually over a few years you’d get it swiss-cheesed enough to pull the remainders out. Was the only way to do it without digging up the whole yard.
What is it?
It looks like that fake Halloween spider webbing
I send my sincere condolences to you.