>>1107015There's another species, the quagga mussel, that is also invasive & wildly uncontrolled, but there both in the Great Lakes.
>>1109434There's plenty of Amish in Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, etc. And they do a hell of a job with timber frame buildings and pole barns, you just have to help out with jobsite transportation.
>>1109480As I understand it, both species of invasive mussels are technically edible, but because they spend their lives filtering water (and they're very good at that), their bodies become concentrated sources of pollution, heavy metal toxins, etc.
>>1110232>>1110267>>1111262>>1111267>>1111271>>1111274It's wild to watch these guys work, they're so efficient. It's not an assembly line per se, but there's no wasted time/effort.
Part of the reason there's so many is they try to get the bulk of the work done in a day or two, because most of them have to get back to their own farms.
>>1106991Lonicera maackii ("bush honeysuckle" / "amur honeysuckle") gets my vote. It will completely colonize the understory, gives a very boring/homogenous look to the woods. The wood is very lightweight, and doesn't burn hot, or for a long time. Unfortunately, burning is about all it's good for.
