Welcome, Rose!
And thanks for the googling. I did not know what words to use for the "to nitrate" part.
So you might feel it is over your head, but you were above me there!
It's poison ivy, not oak here, but I smother it, too. I bend it over under a piece of cardboard and put a brick on it. Or just a brick or rock if I catch it when it's small enough.
