Homeowner frustrated after taking on daunting task left by previous owners: 'Going to take you years'

One homeowner's decorative bamboo has turned into another homeowner's nightmare. 

TikToker Tasha (@LiftWithTasha) shared her struggles with a yard full of invasive bamboo. 

The previous homeowners planted bamboo in the backyard, and she described that bamboo as growing everywhere. She expressed how hard it is to pull all of it from the yard. 

@liftwithtasha

do not plant bamboo in your yards please for the love of God 🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲 I can't get rid of it. I've lived here for 8 years and still nothing has gotten rid of it and it is overtaking my yard

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The video ends with a clip of her yard overgrown with bamboo and "other stuff," showing how much more work she needs to do to remove the bamboo from the yard. 

"Do not plant bamboo in your yards please for the love of God," she wrote in the video description. "I've lived here for 8 years and still nothing has gotten rid of it and it is overtaking my yard."

Not all bamboo species are invasive in the United States, but several are. Invasive species can damage an ecosystem, as they can grow out of control, starving native species of key nutrients and killing them off.

Invasive plants can disrupt an ecosystem in a variety of other ways, such as altering the soil nutrient composition or removing other plants that formerly served as nutrients or habitats for other creatures in the ecosystem.

As in Tasha's case, they can also prove to be a major task for homeowners to remove. Getting an invasive plant out of a yard is a long process that could take years of careful attention.

Landscaping with native plants instead of invasive plants can be an easy way to save money on time and maintenance. Because native plants have spent thousands of years adapting to the location, they are prepared for the seasonal shifts of the area. This means they typically require less water and effort to maintain than other plants.

Native plants have also evolved alongside local wildlife, so they tend to create better environments for pollinators. Pollinators benefit the whole area, especially the human food supply. According to the USDA, pollinators are responsible for about 75% of the world's flowering plants and 35% of global crops.

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If you're looking to fill in your yard with plants that won't grow out of control, there are multiple eco-friendly options including clover, buffalo grass, and native plants. 

As one commenter commiserated with Tasha, "[It's] going to take you years of removing the roots to get rid of them, we dealt with it unfortunately."

"Looks like you been bamboozled," another user joked.

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