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On Saturday this past weekend, Leo, Heather and I participated in the Seattle Works Day, whereby we volunteered with EarthCorps and hundreds of others to pull out invasive ivy and other non-native plants from an urban forest.

Walking into the forest, we admired the green scenery and were very careful not to step on anything. That was before we received our instructions and started ripping out half the foliage around us. Invasive ivy grows everywhere. Those suckers overrun forest floors and climb up trees, overwhelming and killing everything in its path. These aren't your well-behaved building-climbing academia ivy.

Thanks, EarthCorps! You've taught me how to hate plants.