Tumbling Along
Feb. 9th, 2025 11:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kevin_standleeThis morning, just before dawn, I went out to work on the accumulation of tumbleweeds on our fences that blew in during the storms we've been having: gale force winds but no rain.
The wind is gone, but it deposited tumbleweeds behind Lisa's utility trailer...
...and once they made it here, they were stuck.
The fence that separates the east lot from the lot where our house in built acts like a tumbleweed trap.
It could be worse, but this is a hazard. Tumbleweeds are explosive when they catch fire, and while we have a chain-length fence, the wooden privacy slats are old and dry.
After about 45 minute, I managed to clear most of the weeds away from the fence. The sun was coming up and I needed to flee as I'd put on no sunscreen. Also, while the weather was clear, it was also below freezing and my work gloves aren't insulated, so the feeling was gone in my fingers. So I left the smaller piles where they were. Eventually I'll move the small piles to the large pile for eventual burning.
As it happens, this probably would have been a good day to do brush burning: dry, windless, and cold. However, I've not gotten around to going over to the fire station and buying a residential burn permit. We usually end up only managing one burn per year.
The wind is gone, but it deposited tumbleweeds behind Lisa's utility trailer...
...and once they made it here, they were stuck.
The fence that separates the east lot from the lot where our house in built acts like a tumbleweed trap.
It could be worse, but this is a hazard. Tumbleweeds are explosive when they catch fire, and while we have a chain-length fence, the wooden privacy slats are old and dry.
After about 45 minute, I managed to clear most of the weeds away from the fence. The sun was coming up and I needed to flee as I'd put on no sunscreen. Also, while the weather was clear, it was also below freezing and my work gloves aren't insulated, so the feeling was gone in my fingers. So I left the smaller piles where they were. Eventually I'll move the small piles to the large pile for eventual burning.
As it happens, this probably would have been a good day to do brush burning: dry, windless, and cold. However, I've not gotten around to going over to the fire station and buying a residential burn permit. We usually end up only managing one burn per year.
