Sympathy. My house has grapevines along one fence. Do you need to get your landscaper to do it? When they went out of control on year I razed them – just went out with big trimmers and cut everything off at ground level. It all grew back a year later, but for a couple of years was pleasant instead of trying to eat Austin. So there's not a lot of finesse involved...
The answer is "yes". Partly because I don't own the right tools to do the work, partly because the plants along the side are so chaotic that I might not be able to locate all the roots. There's also the fact that I don't know how far along the party line the grapevine goes (my fence with her property is at least 50 feet long--I have a big back yard, that I don't get into very often) and I don't know how far the damn thing extends.
If I spend the money I can also maybe get the landscaper to root out most of the rest of the chaotic plant life, and I'll have a pleasant rest-of-the-summer (around here, as you know, plant life grows back like magic if the rainfall is normal, let alone when it's high as it's been this year).
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If I spend the money I can also maybe get the landscaper to root out most of the rest of the chaotic plant life, and I'll have a pleasant rest-of-the-summer (around here, as you know, plant life grows back like magic if the rainfall is normal, let alone when it's high as it's been this year).