You ain't kidding. I use to live in Sierra Vista when I was stationed at Ft. Huachuca. They are everywhere.

 

That's as bad as people dodging a little black smoke.

 

here is a picture of my back side yard, this is what tumble weeds look like before the dry out and get up-rooted to become a
"tumbler" and I think it might be illegal in someway to mail you a tumble weed due to it would have seeds on it and I dont think they want them in Louisiana

 

Yep ... that's them nasty things. Used to have fun chasing them down on the dirtbike as a kid living in Arizona, New Mexico & Nevada. Not too fun when they are bigger than you AND your bike and they fight back !!

PISTOL

 

It is in fact illegal its a noxious weed called Russian Thistle and I would not recommend mailing any because I think there is a fine for it if caught. I think for ever thistle there is some 250,000 seeds in it and during the 30s it was used as hay because feed was scarce. I bet the body condition score of those cows was LOWWWWWWWWWWW. By the way it has nothing to do with sage brush. I am a seed dealer can ya tell

 

I've got tons of them growing all over my place. I actually pull them out when they are small and green, or mow them down, pain in the butt weed. They ARE considered a noxious weed, you REALLY don't want them to get started in your area.

They wreak hovoc on paint jobs when blowing and hitting in 50-60 mph winds!

CD

 

I get them all the time in my back yard.
Not as bad as the pics here but I do get a few.
I try to get them before they dry out.
We get them blowing across the desert roads all the time here.
I vote to collect em all and send em back to Russia.

 

they got so big because my weedeater broke and im lazy, they scratch the heck out of you when you pull them out.

 

They like to pile up in my back yard during dust storms.