Nature whether you want it or not (you don't)

[urbpan]

Let a zoo yard go unmowed for a summer and this is what you get*. Ragweed as tall as a short man. This might be part of the reason I spent 3/4 of August as a snot faucet. Here it's gone to seed, so I could stomp around in it without anaphylaxis.


I haven't decided whether it's a drawback or an advantage that the new steer has light colored hair that shows off the many stable flies that are feeding on his legs.


*Results may vary. Other unmowed yards end up full of stinging nettles, burdock, or mugwort, and eventually turn into Ailanthus/mulberry groves.

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[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

i got bit by one of those this summer. ouch.

fwiw i've found "tri-tec" works pretty well against them on horses near the barn, whereas i need "bite free" against deerflies in the woods.