Wow!
Too bad it’s Tumbleweeds though.
“I called the fire department and they said that since it was on my yard, it was considered yard waste “
In other words, they couldn’t be bothered.
Nice of them.
You’d think a fire hazard would be intheir interests because after all, a house fire is on your property too when they respond...
Unfortunately, they are not tumbleweeds. They are Tribbles.
Hammered!
/johnny
wow! I think I saw a Twilight Zone (maybe Outer Limitss) about this very thing.
One Christmas when I was little, my Mom wired 3 together and sprayed frocking on them for our Christmas tree.No lights...too scared of a fire...it was a lean year for us.
Pretty common here in New Mexico. Woke up the other day to a couple dozen covering my fairly small backyard. Tossed them over my back wall so they could be wild and free again. Thorns just tore up my hands (through the gloves) and arms.
Russian thistles”: http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/WEEDS/russian_thistle.html
LUV W posted something on the Canteen thread about this http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2991185/posts?page=49#49
Nothing new. We had tumbleweed problems every spring when we lived in SE New Mexico.
The local radio stations would often broadcast which streets were closed due to tumbleweed blockages.
Blame the Russians! Tumbleweed seeds came to the US in flax seed imported by Russian immigrants.
Mine’s covered with ice (high winds, spraying ice). ;-)