Monarch butterflies are the state butterfly here, but milk weed is just one of many "illegal noxious weeds" now included and listed in an over 200 page booklet put out of all the "weeds" that you can be fined for. Includes most medicinal plants ... including those for herbal teas and herbal flowers such as Chamomile. About the only thing it doesn't include is dandelions, fruit trees (although there are some "invasive species" not allowed) and rose bushes (again, except for "invasive species"). Tons of seeds and plants including vegetable seeds prohibited that can't be purchased/ordered from nurseries out of state, but can be purchased in-state at a higher price. Certain hedges and bushes are okay and some are not. Most grasses, however, are on the list so limited to only three types of lawn grass. Supposed to mow weekly whether it is needed or not in spring and summer -- and they love send warning letters even if it is rainy and too wet to mow; it's like they actually lay in wait most especially for it to rain! Vines of any type (except temporary vegetables) are prohibited. Goat's heads, burrs, puncture vine, etc. definitely on the list, and should be, yet difficult to keep out of the yard since growing everywhere including in the cracks and potholes of neighborhood streets, curbs, street gutters, etc. They also expect everyone, including elderly and disabled, to be responsible for weeds to the center/middle of any public street ... the half in front of their property (presuming somebody else lives across the street to deal with the other half), no matter how little or how much traffic, that runs in front of their property if they live within the city limits. Different rules apply for those outside town/city limits. However, being mobility impaired, I called to see if privately hired help (no professional service would do it) would be covered in case injured or killed if hit by a car, and my homeowner's insurance said NO and that nobody should comply with that crooked dictate and at the very most could ONLY be held responsible for sidewalk and top edge of the curb, but NOT the public street nor even the gutter. So, ignored that edict and when they sent a "final warning" I decided to call them up and told them what insurance company had said and told them I wouldn't pay any fine, I paid my taxes and the street was their job, so they might as well arrest me, a physically disabled widow, because I would love to make sure that it made national news as well as was sure it would go viral online. No more public street related weed warnings or dictates after that!
Monarch butterflies are the state butterfly here, but milk weed is just one of many "illegal noxious weeds" now included and listed in an over 200 page booklet put out of all the "weeds" that you can be fined for. Includes most medicinal plants ... including those for herbal teas and herbal flowers such as Chamomile. About the only thing it doesn't include is dandelions, fruit trees (although there are some "invasive species" not allowed) and rose bushes (again, except for "invasive species"). Tons of seeds and plants including vegetable seeds prohibited that can't be purchased/ordered from nurseries out of state, but can be purchased in-state at a higher price. Certain hedges and bushes are okay and some are not. Most grasses, however, are on the list so limited to only three types of lawn grass. Supposed to mow weekly whether it is needed or not in spring and summer -- and they love send warning letters even if it is rainy and too wet to mow; it's like they actually lay in wait most especially for it to rain! Vines of any type (except temporary vegetables) are prohibited. Goat's heads, burrs, puncture vine, etc. definitely on the list, and should be, yet difficult to keep out of the yard since growing everywhere including in the cracks and potholes of neighborhood streets, curbs, street gutters, etc. They also expect everyone, including elderly and disabled, to be responsible for weeds to the center/middle of any public street ... the half in front of their property (presuming somebody else lives across the street to deal with the other half), no matter how little or how much traffic, that runs in front of their property if they live within the city limits. Different rules apply for those outside town/city limits. However, being mobility impaired, I called to see if privately hired help (no professional service would do it) would be covered in case injured or killed if hit by a car, and my homeowner's insurance said NO and that nobody should comply with that crooked dictate and at the very most could ONLY be held responsible for sidewalk and top edge of the curb, but NOT the public street nor even the gutter. So, ignored that edict and when they sent a "final warning" I decided to call them up and told them what insurance company had said and told them I wouldn't pay any fine, I paid my taxes and the street was their job, so they might as well arrest me, a physically disabled widow, because I would love to make sure that it made national news as well as was sure it would go viral online. No more public street related weed warnings or dictates after that!