Anatomy of an umbrella grass.............

Here is the post to answer the umbrella grass questions hopefully..........

I will not complain to much as this time last year we had NO feed for our stock but since Christmas we lots of rain and lots of grasses grew. Some of those have grass heads that blow off and travel around...........I have a big open plain to the south and lots of this grass there....... hence the reason I have such a problem when I have any wind from that direction...................last time we had a problem this bad was about 12 years ago...............

An innocent little umbrella grass.............

• catches every little breeze
• has amazing floating capacity
• can be taken up in a whily wind and drop when it feels like it
• can pack up on fences, gardens anything that stand still long enough
• ability to arrive in a garden and never leave
• ability to drive the garden owner crazy (me)
• hides hoses, taps, gardens, everything

Before mowing...........4-7foot high

One lawn after we mowed it several times - where ever we mow we leave trails of grass it is such a mess.........

Here it is packed up on fences...........

more fences..........looks like little bales of hay (absolutely not use)

this is the lawn under cloths line...........have not been able to hang cloths out on it for weeks now............

there is garden under all this ................

there is a pot under there............

now how do I remove all this...............

• mow
• grab with hands and scrunch up (lots of that)
• wet - roll - pack down and cart out
• gather with my rakes (if only I could find them)
• very little will blow away with the wind (just move around the garden)

Thanks for all the offers of help with lots of moral support..........take care............