Monday, March 9, 2009

Arrrghhh - The Red Weed!

Anyone who has read HG Wells' War of the Worlds will recognise the reference to the Martian vegetation that grew everywhere, choked the rivers and 'glows purple in the night'.

In our case it glows purple in the morning and we haven't a clue what it is.

Purple haze isn't just a Jimi Hendrix track...

It's weird, no-one around here knows what it is and it's only coming up in a single north-facing paddock. The recent rain has started to transform the land already with green shoots coming through everywhere replacing what was dead grass and dust only a week ago. But this stuff - it's a mystery - it's possible that it's something that has stayed dormant in the soil for years and has been woken up by the freakish weather we've had. There was nothing on Saturday, it all just appeared on Sunday morning and today (Monday) is a public holiday so I still can't get it identified.



It looks like a grass of some kind, but beyond that? No idea...

What an exceedingly odd country this is...

1 comment:

  1. Hi Perry. That looks most odd and alien-like! Have you found out what it is yet, and is it toxic to pacas? Guess you are not taking the chance...

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