We have had a wonderfully wet winter here in Arizona. The nearby reservoirs are nearly full again. The desert actually looks green. And that's part of the problem.
The green represents a bumper crop of weeds. Everyone has them. They are growing everywhere. I even found two growing on the roof of my shed!
This looks to be a dry weekend. You can tell when the weekends are dry around here lately. Everyone is going outside to pull weeds. I spent about 45 minutes this morning already - and I'm pooped. Places like Home Depot, Lowes, and Walmart are running out of weed killer.
The dry weekend also means that the sunshine will work on making the weeds even taller. I've already seen some around here that are four feet tall.
Ah, but while February is the Month of the Weed, and March is going to be the Month of the Weed Pulling, we are going to have some spectacular wildflowers on the mountain slopes in around Phoenix. I've already seen one hillside turning yellow from all the flowers. Life is good - really!
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