I just received a notice from my local weed board that I can either (a) pay for them to spray my property, (b) arrange for someone else to spray my property, or (3) send them my own plan of how to control the hawkweed which may or may not be on my property.
I am in the process of researching the growth habit of this particular invasive, which I believe is
Orange Hawkweed (Pilosella aurantiaca subsp. aurantiaca) although the notice simply refers to it as hawkweed. I've emailed the weed people asking for a more precise ID but as I recall this has been the culprit in previous years.
I do not know if my property is infested or not. It is my understanding that the weed people are pretty liberal with their spraying program and I would rather not participate in that. We don't live on this particular property, which is about 4 hours from our home. I'm trying to do some initial rsearch to figure out how much of a problem it might be, and if we can simply do manual control. Our property lies on a year-round creek in a canyon, with the majority of the land a fairly barren and rocky mountainside. Total is 40 acres, so kind of a big project.
Thanks for any help.
@Woofie our property is in Okanogan County, not sure if you are in that neck of the woods or further east, you may have had some dealings with the weed people.
