Barberry Bushes - How can I get rid of them?

[pasusan]

I've got some pretty well established Barberry bushes at the side of my house and I desperately want to get rid of them and put something else in there. Other than the painstaking labor of digging them out, are there any other methods that would work?

[miles.o]

Hi Pasusan.

I'm not sure if this advice is too late in coming, but have you tried the weed wrench? They might be a little pricey, but they do work when you want to yank a woody plant out of the ground with minimal soil disturbance.

[Chris]

I once had to cut back a barberry bush to have siding work done.

I cut it down to the soil, shot it up with roundup, and took an axe to the root structure.

It came back.

[miles.o]

pasusan- any luck with those barberry bushes?

[Organic Gardener]

There's really no substitute for digging it out, except hiring someone to do it for you.