A weed is creating havoc for residents in Victoria\u2019s northeast.<\/p>\n
Some Wangaratta locals are frustrated after large amounts of tumbleweed rolled into town \u2014 blanketing their homes, cars and driveways.<\/p>\n
The tumbleweed, known as hairy panic grass, has reportedly inundated an entire Wangaratta street.<\/p>\n
Resident Jason Perna said it took hours to clean the grass from his property.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is frustrating. You know that you\u2019ve got a good couple hours work ahead of you and that\u2019s always sort of displeasing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Neighbour Pam Twitchett said the weeds had covered her outdoor dining setting.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got a table and chairs and a daybed and probably a few plants,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Ms Twitchett said clearing the tumbleweed was tiring.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s physically draining, and mentally more draining,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Cheryl Lengrand spent a day clearing her yard of the weeds, only for them to return the next day.<\/p>\n
\u201cI spent eight hours yesterday cleaning up the tumbleweed and this is what I\u2019ve got today,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Hairy panic grass is common in the Wangaratta area, but this year\u2019s dry conditions has contributed the problem.<\/p>\n
The residents believe an unkept property across the street is to blame for the tumbleweed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A weed is creating havoc for residents in Victoria\u2019s northeast. Some Wangaratta locals are frustrated after large amounts of tumbleweed rolled into town \u2014 blanketing their homes, cars and driveways. The tumbleweed, known as hairy panic grass, has reportedly inundated an entire Wangaratta street. Resident Jason Perna said it took hours to clean the grass … Continue reading “Tumbleweed plants takeover Wangaratta and block residents homes”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hume"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3496\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}