It’s cool that they’re thinking about the health of forests, but pulling up garlic mustard has got to rank pretty low as far as impact goes.
If spending time in the forest is a requirement for the improvement work (opposed to desk work, fighting land developers, etc), I would think working on something like erosion control, stream bank cover, or if you need to pull something up go after vines threatening large trees.
At the least I’d like to see some evidence about why garlic mustard is so bad for the forests. Like compared to other issues facing the forests, there are SO MANY, how does garlic mustard stack up?
As for eating it, I only really like the young leaves. Though i’ve been told the best part is the tender stalks of second year plant.
If spending time in the forest is a requirement for the improvement work (opposed to desk work, fighting land developers, etc), I would think working on something like erosion control, stream bank cover, or if you need to pull something up go after vines threatening large trees.
At the least I’d like to see some evidence about why garlic mustard is so bad for the forests. Like compared to other issues facing the forests, there are SO MANY, how does garlic mustard stack up?
As for eating it, I only really like the young leaves. Though i’ve been told the best part is the tender stalks of second year plant.