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| Subject: | Tossing weeds in the road? |
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| Date: | Tue, 26 Jul 2005 16:58:15 -0600 |
I was driving down Aspen Meadow today and spotted a fresh bunch of tall musk thistles (weeds) that had been pulled and tossed in the road across from Meadowland Court. I thought someone must be working on this and planning to pick them up. Several hours later I passed by and saw how traffic had not only crushed the plants but also assisted them in broadcasting countless seeds down the road and on to adjacent properties. While I am not the local plant/weed expert (I defer to Jennifer Stewart)...I have to question the road tossing approach to weed mitigation (seen from time to time each year). Jennifer can correct me on this...but unless the plants are very young (have not developed their seed heads)...this is not the way to deal with them. Just a thought from an old weed pulling guy... Thanks! Norman
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