Around here they spread rapidly into native bushland and forest and take over.
A local council officer explained the difference between a noxious weed and an
environmental weed the other day.
Environmental - you are welcome and encouraged to remove it but we don't have
to pay for it.
Noxious - if it's on public land, we have to remove it. If it is on private
land, you have to remove it - immediately.
I was trying to persuade them to remove an enormaous Pinus radiata on the road
reserve in front of my son'd new house. Serious nusiance weed. "No, it is sound
and healthy, but you are welcome to pay for the removal yourself." Several
thousand dollars, of course. Perhaps I should invite them to remove the
blackberries and onion weed on the road and railway reserve next to my block…in
retaliation?
Andrew Fildes
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On 18/11/2013, at 11:42 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
> :-)
>
> Hardly "noxious", Andrew. However, they are a little on the large side for
> the garden in a village house.
>
> Chris
>
> On 18 Nov 13, at 06:39, Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> As it happens, 'acer maples' are a noxious weed around here.
>> Kill them, I say.
>
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