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[quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thanks for the ideas.

The size of the hill is actually quite large. It would be cost prohibitive to densely plant, but perhaps I could make that part of the end goal. It's a shady hill, lots of tall trees around. Deer come by our area regularly, though now that my yard is pretty bare they haven't been around much. Evergreen shrubs sound nice.

I've been googling the mystery plant and I don't think it is Japanese knotwood. I actually think it may be two separate mystery plants. I dug out massive roots of it recently, but I will take some pictures and submit to a gardening expert to see what I'm dealing with when it grows back. I have some small growth now that I can submit.

I hadn't thought about tarps or even heard about flaming weeds! I need to do a little more research on tarps, landscape fabric, and maybe even RoundUp. Although I'd rather avoid chemicals, I think the majority of the hills is invasive stuff that needs to go before it invades all my neighbors too. Some of these weeds grow to be huge so I don't even know if landscape fabric could keep them back. I also wonder if maybe RoundUp will not work on the mystery plant because I already dug out huge clumps so there isn't much above ground at present. I have a lot to consider with this massive project, but again I appreciate all the ideas.

Also to the NP in similar situation, we hired a guy who comes around our neighborhood sometimes and asks to cut grass. He has done a few side yard projects for us, but he's not a service or anything. I think most landscaping services could quote you on hand pulling weeds. On the bamboo, we thankfully did not have a huge problem. I was able to dig it all up because it had only started encroaching. I put in a barrier last fall and this spring only a handful of new shoots came up, all along the same rhizome. I was able to simply dig up that rhizome. Now if only I could do the same with these other crazy things! By the way, we used this barrier: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00UB4YYNO/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 [/quote]

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