OP
N80
Super Member
Burning is a thought once the stuff is down. Dam is too steep for the DR Mower. I've used a 'billygoat' (which I think is the same thing) but I'll never do it again. That thing beat me to death.
I emailed the regional DuPont rep and he recommended Arsenal which is made by BASF (oddly enough).
I may use that on the slope in front of the cabin. It is a much smaller area than the dam and could be done with a backpack sprayer.
The dam was built in the 1950s as part of a watershed project. They were to be maintained by the county's soil and water commision. Well, that group, which is comprised of local volunteers, is broke. But the county commission says that they must maintain these dams. Since they have no money, the county is trying to enact a tax on everyone who lives or owns property within these watershed zones....even if they don't have ponds or dams. My first impression of the county councilers in this poor, backwards and poorly educated county is that they are so woefully ignorant of even the most basic matters in local, state and federal civics that they are hardly even capable of understanding the legality and of implications of such a tax. I personally think the whole notion is illegal. However, as with most good sheep....I mean citizens, if the tax is low enough and they keep the dam cleared, I'll probably just pay it. It will be cheaper in the short term.
The reason I say short term is that no 'good' tax goes unraised or unexploited and in the end it is likely to cost me dearly. But I don't think I have it in me to tilt windmills with a county council that has no brains but all the authority.
I emailed the regional DuPont rep and he recommended Arsenal which is made by BASF (oddly enough).
I may use that on the slope in front of the cabin. It is a much smaller area than the dam and could be done with a backpack sprayer.
The dam was built in the 1950s as part of a watershed project. They were to be maintained by the county's soil and water commision. Well, that group, which is comprised of local volunteers, is broke. But the county commission says that they must maintain these dams. Since they have no money, the county is trying to enact a tax on everyone who lives or owns property within these watershed zones....even if they don't have ponds or dams. My first impression of the county councilers in this poor, backwards and poorly educated county is that they are so woefully ignorant of even the most basic matters in local, state and federal civics that they are hardly even capable of understanding the legality and of implications of such a tax. I personally think the whole notion is illegal. However, as with most good sheep....I mean citizens, if the tax is low enough and they keep the dam cleared, I'll probably just pay it. It will be cheaper in the short term.
The reason I say short term is that no 'good' tax goes unraised or unexploited and in the end it is likely to cost me dearly. But I don't think I have it in me to tilt windmills with a county council that has no brains but all the authority.
