Help, Ivy is taking over my garden!

Hi all, I have fairly recently bought a house with a large garden, about three quarters of an acre, the place is overrun with ivy, I have managed to clear it off the trees but it is under and in all my hedges and there is a lot on the ground in some places, I can rake it out in some areas but I suspect it will just grow back, should I use Glysophate on it? Or what else can I do?

 

eugh I feel for you

I have had the same problem of ivy in my one hedge and it was growing in the lawn. I have just been getting on my hands and knees and pulling it up and weakening it constantly. Most of it is gone now and not much is regrowing

its just a pain to keep on top off.

Ivy and bramble are right pains in the bum

 

I feel for you as well, ivy has taken over my garden and its stems / vines in places are nearly 1" thick!
My garden is quite big as well as we're a corner plot and it's taken over - together with bramble we've got a job on our hands getting it out.
I've tried cheap weedkiller on it and other plants, other plants died off, it grew... So I tried roundup weedkiller which worked a little bit but it's still growing...

 

I agree, getting rid of Ivy isn't easy. However, if you get at the surface stuff and pull it away rather than depend on chemicals, it will take a while to grow back. Its growth habit means what you see is what you get and although it will root deeply, the majority of roots are very close to the surface so relatively easy to get at and unlike those other spreaders like couch grass, ground elder etc it doesn't pop up again as soon as you turn around.

Clearing Ivy can be quite satisfying.

 

Totally i love it

In spotted some in my parents garden that i might start giving a tidy up. Im quite excited lol

 

I had it growing all over the rear fence. If you can find the main trunk then tackle that first. Cut it down to ground level and pour stump killer on it, then cover it up for a week so that if it rains it doesn't wash off (also keeps children/pets away). Pull up as much as you can and then spray any new bits with Roundup. Worked for me anyway. I still get the odd bit coming through from the neighbour's side of the fence, but very rarely and easily removed.

 

While it is a pain if it gets out of hand, the blackbirds are having a field day eating the berries at the moment.