Pacific Northwest Gardening: Class C Noxious Weed, 1 by AuNatural

AuNatural wrote:
I'm clearing ivy off out property. I'd like to reclaim the 30'x10' area marked off for a new planting bed in moring sun/ dappled shade. What a %itch!!!
I've weed wacked the area in the picture to just behind the cedars and am pulling the roots by hand. I've still have roots in the red squiggled area, and have developed severe tendonitis from all the clipping and pulling. The area that's already pulled took about 5hrs over a 3 day period.

There has got to be an easier way! What is it?