ivy removal

[LATECOMER]

what is the easiest way to get rid of ivy?

[coccinelle]

If it's growing on the ground, the only way is to pull it up. Weedkillers don't get rid of it. This is my task in the garden this weekend and my arms are hurting already but there's so much of it and if I wait it'll take over the garden completely.

[tamborine]

cut chunk out of root stem. All you pull should be burned as tiniest stem will re-root.

[carlton23]

I cut it down below the soil and then painted engine-oil mixed with BWK (Brush-Wood Killer) over it, then covered it with a piece of black polythene bag which I then covered with soil. that was about 6 years ago, maybe longer, and have`nt had any regrowth.

[DEN53]

I'd go with RoaldoM's first answer - L0L

Dig the root up.